A couple of months ago I met a charming woman at an intimate gathering of professionals. When I mentioned I worked in diversity training, she immediately told me about a piece her daughter had written for the NPR show This I Believe. Below is the insightful essay. Seeing Beyond Our Differences by Sheri White My mother is a geneticist, and from her I learned that despite our differences in size, shape and color, we humans are 99.9 percent the same. It is in our nature to see differences: skin, hair and eye [...]

In the past, we’ve posed questions to our readers regarding current events and the respectful behaviors associated with them. Here’s a sample: • The Cost of Barack Obama’s Inauguration: A Justified Work Related Expense or Overindulgent? • Multiple Generations Working Together • Do We Still Need a Black History Month? This time we have a question about beliefs. By now, we’ve all heard about the Miss California incident during the Miss USA pageant last weekend. Carrie Prejean’s response to a question on gay marriage, based on her personal beliefs, has [...]