I don’t know, I’ve never particularly Had a problem Integrating the world. But that’s the problem That so often happens For others, And I think It’s the biggest problem. It’s great to know How things are different But to keep them Locked up in little boxes, Separate, Apart, Deliberately, Defiantly, Angrily, Defensively, As if something will be lost... And I get it, Sometimes There have been efforts To lose identity By force, To integrate By eliminating A minority’s features, And that was always wrong. But it’s also wrong To repudiate The melting pot. It’s wrong To rob yourself Of the ability To embrace unfamiliar things Because you think It might threaten The integrity Of what you’ve got. But listen, You have no integrity If you fear such a world. You lose far more Than you retain If you hide from The possibilities. If all you experience Is an echo chamber Then eventually You go deaf. So this is a message For all my sisters and my brothers.
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