From the back cover

Fear of the Other breeds, hatred of the Other.

They aren’t like us—so they must be bad…inferior…dangerous…
Humans are by nature social animals, but we tend to bond with other humans with whom we have something in common: beliefs, experiences, likes and dislikes, etc.
With the expansion of humans across the planet, it seems that, even as our numbers grow, we find ways to whittle our groups into ever narrower, specialized, and exclusive blocks. We target the Other for the most minor differences and interpret everything from THEM as an insult or an attack.
Within these pages you will witness hatred, intolerance and fanaticism as well as love, understanding and acceptance. Most of all, I, and the authors, hope you discover stories that will cause you to pause and think before condemning someone as being THEM and not US.

by STeven lente: acceptance (excerpt), page 265

"He walked into the hotel lobby wearing his covid mask with the letters “BLM” on the front; I knew it meant Black Lives Matter. On my mask was the thin, blue line flag representing the police, of which I was. We eyed each other, evaluated our options, subtly nodded our recognition, then went to our respective and opposite corners, which was probably in my favor since he had about 100 pounds on me and about a foot taller: not fat, built.

"My wife was with me, and I learned later the people with him were his family: wife, two high-school age children, another older daughter, and a son-in-law. We were in Vegas, and twenty-six of us were heading out to the Colorado River for a three-day, two-night Grand Canyon raft trip, and the lobby was the pickup and drop-off point used by the rafting company. It appeared the BLM guy and I decided it was not worth spoiling the next few days on our first encounter; however, it turns out we had more in common than not, which would be confirmed when the rattlesnake crawled into camp."

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