Now, however, you are graduating from high school, several of you moving to the big universities in towns with so much diversity that I am sure you all will feel frightened. As you look around your college campuses and walk down the streets of these new exciting cities, you won't see all white smiling faces. You will see faces of African Americans, you will see Asian faces, and Native Americans, you will see homeless families, and you will see gays and lesbians holding hands. These are just a few of the things you will see. You won't see everybody saying hello, and smiling as you walk down the street. You won't find that everybody knows each other and that they are looking out for one another. You can no longer leave your doors unlocked, the keys in your cars, your purses on your chair in the restaurants when you go to wash your hands. You will no longer be protected and looked after by the members of your community. You have grown up in a wonderful, caring community. One that wants only to provide the best for our friends and family and to protect them. However, we have a community that likes to stay hidden away in a box. It is now time to live outside that box.…
