Scottsdale - Clean and white

I have been in a writing coma for the last three months. One of the reasons for the coma was because of my new job. Anyways I decided to move to Phoenix as my new job does not have a restriction on where I live. Scottsdale, a suburb of Phoenix, is where I chose to move to and it is a very clean place. My friend and I hit the town every once in a while and I was disturbed by the uniformity of the society. Last night sitting in a trendy place called "33" I was looking around to see some sort of a color variation amongst people but could not find any. The only black people I saw were on TV.

I think uniformity amongst people reduces friction but should color be one of the factors? I will not go into this cliched rant about equality of people ir-respective of color but make a few points about diversity that are critical to a good society.

01. Cultural awareness in one of the key factors that allows people of various backgrounds co-exist peacefully. Now Scottsdale is full of rich white people and it is very likely that most of them would in decision making positions in the future. Hence I think it is important that these kids be exposed to a variety of cultures. I'm not talking about the one hour visit to the ghetto but a some sort of an interaction with the others (Others implying cultures, classes, countries etc).

02. There is no chance that Chad's parents are going to live in west side Detroit or Jamal's parents in Bloomfield hills. The best chance for amalgamation takes place in colleges and it is critical for schools for encourage this cross cultural exchange of thoughts. Thanks to sports a number of schools do boast of a decent mix of students and hopefully it will help the future generations.

So people stop dreaming about a colored or a female president, look at reality and start working towards an amicable solution.

Peace