Now that the early rage is setting, it is time for reflection. About differences and differentiations. About fear led lives, than love. About “the other”.

The thing about prejudice is—it is taught. So early on, so easily that by the time we grow up it has become part of us. Let’s see what we can do to counter that. To recover.

For one, words won’t be enough. We need actions, real changes, mindset shifts. To not just say solidarity but mean it. You have to take steps. You have to act.

How, you ask?

Put “the other” in illustrated children books as protagonists, as the good guy who comes and saves the world. Create a super hero characters of “the other”, one who uses magic for good, one who saves little kids. Put money into it, make it a box office hit, sell merchandise. Paint the towns red with the other! Put them up on billboard, in TV commercials, on interview panels. Put them in fashion walks and mannequins. Leave space for the other to thrive, to bloom, to flourish. Put “the other” in C Suites, magazine covers, office wall posters.

Why is that so hard?
What does solidarity mean, without that?
What is there to even choose, when the choices are violence and oppression, just?

“Do not go gentle into that good night,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”

– Dylan Thomas