RESPECTING EACH OTHER: AVOIDING NEGATIVE SPEECH

Negative speech can be disastrous. As there are examples in human history where thousands and even millions of people can be misled. I believe that by raising awareness and implementing positive influence in our behavior, our humanity, and mankind can avoid negative pitfalls and not repeat previous world conflicts.

I was motivated to speak out or discuss this issue as it pertains to current events that we face every day.

I begin by defining a few terms as they pertain to the concept of Globalization, which is simply the way that countries and people of the world interact and integrate, combining and becoming whole (one). Though this is not particularly a new concept, the idea of respecting each other’s culture as we assimilate needs constant attention.

Assimilation occurs when there is a minority group that begins to resemble a dominant/main group, assuming the values, behaviors, and beliefs of that dominant population. This is very evident in today’s ever-growing cultural, social, and economic “melting pot”, as we witness the slimming of separation of various cultures, such as the case of occurring globalization.

How often have we heard the cliché statement, “We live in a small world after all”, a foreshadowing of how closely all human beings relate to one another. Unfortunately, there are those in power that can or do use, in my opinion, this beautiful conceptual life truth to adversely affect a group or groups of people, using derogatory terms, in describing other cultures. This easily allows distraction, separation, misinformation, and consequently, unwarranted hateful feelings toward one another.

This is the clinical point of this piece; despite what words are being promoted or circulated, we must remain united in respecting our cultural differences or diversity and our core human value system.

No one deserves to be slandered. Let us use wise words and decency in all our interactions, to encourage growth