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Allies: A Positive Approach to Racial Reconciliation
Allies A Positive Approach to Racial Reconciliation Author:Lawrence J. Diggs While many people are discussing the shape of the inter-cultural relations table, there are many other people who are feasting at that table. While some people are discussing the difficulties of creating cultural harmony or declaring that it cant be created, there are many people who are enjoying the pleasures and reaping the benefits of... more » mixing with other cultures.Allies is an invitation to escape the artificial prison of cultural and racial discrimination and have some real fun and excitement. In this short engrossing book, speaker and author, Lawrence Diggs, uses personal stories documented by lots of photographs to prove that there are many great personal benefits to be gained from living in a multicultural environment. He is passionate about the pleasures of the multicultural experience and his passion comes through in Allies. He walks his talk. Lawrence Diggs has traveled through every continent except Antarctica. He has lived and worked in Africa, Europe, Asia and North America. More than 40 years of living with people from a great many of the worlds cultures has brought him to understand that; The concept of race is ridiculous. We can drop the rhetoric, ignore race and move on to a life of unimagined bounty. Choosing our friends is one of our most important human rights. Racial and cultural bias robs us of that right. But we can only be robbed with our cooperation. The power of hybrid vigor makes plants and animals stronger and more productive. It can do the same for the human species and all its cultures. Allies is about the great potential which lies in the hybridization of the human species and all its cultures. Allies introduces us to the treasure trove of benefits waiting to be discovered by digging out the goodies of the worlds various cultures, at home and abroad, and mixing them with our own. Allies illustrates to us that we dont need money or any ones permission or leadership to enter into a world of exciting opportunities. Allies assures us that the only thing we have to lose by escaping our artificial social boundaries is isolation and boredom.« less