#herewebelieve

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This sign, and many like it, are displayed in front of many homes and businesses in the culturally diverse neighborhood that I live in in Chicago, Illinois. This particular one is in a preschool window. I saw two older white folks approaching it and reading it one afternoon, so I hung back to eaves drop. This is the brief conversation I overheard:

Man: “Look at this wonderful sign.” Woman: “Mm-hmm.” Man: “All great things.”

While this campaign aimed at increasing cultural intelligence is unlikely to change someone’s mind who does not share these views, it does do several important things. 1) It raises awareness of these viewpoints, which in many areas may be minority opinions. 2) It causes people to confront these viewpoints and consider why they agree or disagree with them. 3) It makes these viewpoints seem more normative. 4) It provides social validation for those that share these views.