Black works beside white and together they bring home gold medals in the Olympics.
Black works beside white and together they help their team win the Super Bowl.
Black works beside white as police officers across this country to watch each other’s backs and protect our communities.
Black works beside white on the battlefields to preserve our freedom and help their fellow soldiers return to their families.
Great things are accomplished when we forget color and just work together toward a common goal.
We need to look at people for the good that they contribute to family, community, and country, and realize that these contributions have nothing to do with the color of their skin.
We need to judge people by their work ethic, their desire to help others without prejudice, their contributions and sacrifices for family, community, and country, and their collaboration and cooperation with people of other races, ethnicities, and religions. Finally, judge them by how much tolerance, respect, and compassion they show for their fellow human beings.
Let us always remember to give respect to our African American brothers and sisters who have contributed and sacrificed for this country every bit as much as the white Americans.
There are many things yet to be invented, many cures to be discovered, many social problems to be solved. We can do it by uniting together and working to create and not destroy, bless not curse, and help not hurt.
We are the United States of America, and may God help us to one day learn how to become a united people.
