Rotaractors promote diversity, equity, and inclusion

Without realizing it, we make assumptions of people on the little we actually know about them. Everyone has some prejudicial beliefs. It’s how society taught us to think. After all, how did societies like mine define lighter skin as the universal truth for “beautiful”? But we CAN change it. We CAN confront these beliefs if we are intentional about it, but we can’t get defensive. We have to accept that our understanding of the world is changing and to do better with our new knowledge.

My personal journey with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) began a few years ago as mandatory work training (before this, I didn’t think I needed any training). I learned about “unconscious bias” and became uncomfortable with the idea that I could unknowingly and unintentionally hurt someone else’s experience.