It would be very remiss of me to not dedicate this edition to my favorite musical artist of all time, Prince and the passing of a genius this past month. A man full of controversy throughout the last 4 decades was one who did it his way. For this there was always speculation of who he was and what he stood for. One thing for sure, he will be missed for the amazing talent he was and the influence he left.
For this I will use as the platform and theme if you will for this edition around diversity and inclusion as his song Controversy is what it is all about. The words as they rang out from this song, “am I straight or gay? Am I black or white…” is indeed what we look at in diversity and inclusion on the mere surface.
And in the spirit of Prince, I also suggest reading a book on his biography around the Purple Rain era…or rather the time when everyone new every word to every song. The book itself is controversial, but always remember he did it his way while overcoming the “conventional way”, the “right way” or even “the way it’s always been done”.
There is no perfect way. Nor does right come in a color or a gender. Believe in you. You may be controversial, but at the end of the day, you get to smile…Let’s go crazy!
Mahalo!
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