The world is full of diverse beings. That’s what makes humanity more acceptable and necessary. The theory of inclusion irrespective of differences is promoted in October through Global Diversity Awareness Month annually.
Diversity and Diaspora
A diversity is anything that consists of or is made up of a variety of different elements. No matter where we go, we are surrounded by diversity.
Being accustomed to nature and its diversity lessens the chances of ignorance towards it. But the same is not the case amongst humans.
The innate behaviour of humans is the resistance towards anything that does not look, sound, or feel like them. And because of this unreasonable attitude, humanity suffers.
The diversity of humans around the globe is due to the diaspora. The movement of people from their homeland, either through forced displacement or voluntary immigration, is termed “diaspora.”
To diaspora, we owe the understanding of how people from different parts of the world are found in another part of it and comprise a community, providing a basis for a diverse society.
The theory of inclusion
As children, we do not differentiate or show partiality towards anyone on any basis. However, as we grow older, we learn to do so on a variety of grounds, including race, color, caste, culture, sexuality and religion.
The theory of inclusion does not exist when we are young, as we are taught to be cordial and well-behaved towards others. Growing up, we encounter societal norms and standards that easily lead to exclusion.
Inclusion begins with the acceptance of diversity and understanding of those who are different. When no two people can be exactly alike, it is unreasonable to thoroughly exclude those who do not agree with us.
Inclusion depends on radical indifference towards diversity.
Understanding why and how someone is different from oneself, as well as what one expects the other person to be, opens the door to diaspora acceptance.
Humanity does not order from a menu
Many people tend to think that diversity within a community is incorrect and should not be supported. They presume they can order from a menu to build a community that suits them and no one else.
But that is not how humanity works. There is no menu. One should learn to accept everyone that comes their way with all the best they have.
Including everyone, irrespective of their ethnicity and colour, is the main ingredient behind a healthy and prospering community and society as a whole.
To be human is to accept other humans as they are. Multiculturalism and multi-ethnicity are what account for inclusion.
October is the month when a diversity awareness campaign is launched.
Global Diversity Awareness Month
Awareness is the only method through which we can propagate any positive concept against negative communities and societies.
Understanding and accepting are two major steps on the ladder of inclusion and diversity.
Around the globe, people have relocated from their homelands—either because of work, war, or because they were born to biracial parents.
The Diaspora can easily overcome any obstacle.
And the diversity created by such a diaspora is a part of the world we live in.
This year’s Global Diversity Awareness Month intends to supplant the positive beauty diversity holds within its folds. The mesmerising bright hues of a society when it spreads its wings; we love the view, which is only possible through inclusion.
This awareness month in the fall season before the cold sets in is significant to the fact that the differences should fall off and not be included.
Mother Nature does not differentiate between its children and the children shouldn’t do so either. Diversity has always been part of the world, either through colour, race, culture, ethnicity or religion.
When one is not a menace to humanity, it is their right to be accepted in society, and this month provides awareness on behalf of those who suffer due to exclusion on humanitarian grounds.
India—the diverse nation
In India, we have always experienced diversity in the form of color, race, caste, sexuality and religion. The evidence of inclusion proves to the world how easy acceptance of differences is.
On numerous occasions, the deeply rooted brotherhood can be seen not only among people who preach and practice similar religions, but also among others.
This inclusion is not limited to only within the Indian territories but also widely across the borders.
We can identify such cases with streets, parks, and monuments being named after Indians. That is the power of inclusion and diversity.
Inclusive diversity—the need of the hour
Having witnessed the reports of incidents where people under the fire of exclusion suffered massive catastrophes and lifetime trauma, we have a lesson to learn.
The reason behind such rash behaviour causing damage to the community which could easily thrive through acceptance is the ignorance of diversity.
A healthy community and a prospering society need inclusion, and that accelerates with the theory of inclusion.
Diversity does not mean to divide and accumulate, which is similar, but rather to spread wings of acceptance of everyone irrespective of everything else.
Inclusive diversity is the need of the hour as we embark on the journey of peace and social justice. Equality with regard to human rights is for everyone and should not be deprived of it.
Educating the reasons behind the differences and moving boulders to bridge the gap are steps towards connecting the diaspora, forming the diversity.
