nap-101039 Otherism
What is otherism?
What is otherism? Otherism is not about the color a persons skin. It is not about who you claim as friends. It is not about the charities you support.
Otherism is about how your soul looks at ‘others’. Who are the ‘others’? Others are all who do not share our own personal goals and beliefs. They are the people who you fear will change your way of life.
We have become a nation where ‘others’ are to be feared and outcast. We have lost the ability to see the truth and instead accept the lies we want to hear.
We are no longer a nation that shares its wealth and goodwill with the world, but hordes it as if it were a precious commodity to be bargained for.
We thought that the 2020 election was for the soul of our country. But we were wrong. Changing the political power from one political party to another party will not solve our nation’s dysfunction. The soul of our country is not determined by whatever political party is in power. It is determined by the beliefs of the people of the country. These beliefs are determined by what we learn at home, in school, and in our religious institutions. This is where Change is needed.
Until America learns that trust, goodwill, and respect are more powerful than fear, hate, bigotry and distrust America will never be the nation of freedom and equality that the nations founders envisioned.
There will always be those who believe that ‘others’ are out to get them. There will always be someone, or some group, using ‘others’ to divide us to promote personal gain, be it financial or for power. Until, as a nation, we have the moral and ethical strength needed to control these people we will continue to be a divided country.
Only when we stop seeing ‘others’ and see ‘Americans’ will we become ‘one nation under God’.