Chasm to Bridge: Pathway to Diversity

I have often wondered how my life would be different if I had gone down another path professionally. A path that included possibly not going to college and most likely staying home managing my father's restaurant. A place where people from all walks of life gather to eat, drink, and break bread. I have always been fascinated by how social gatherings, in this case a restaurant and bar, invite people with diverse ideologies to lay down their stereotypes and prejudices and sit and drink together. This was everyday life at my father's restaurant! But after we all go home, after my younger brother and I clean up for the night and close shop, the reality of life sets in. Life is not fair, and there are great barriers that divide us and continue to divide whether we admit them or not. A good friend once asked me what diversity means...