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Blog - Linda's Views
Perspectives, Paradigms and Prejudices
Linda Rendleman is an author, speaker and coach and is available to speak on this and other topics pertaining to business and professional women's professional and personal growth. You may contact her at linda@businesswomenconnect.com or linda@lindarendleman.com
Linda's Views is a Business and Professional Women's Blog
Perspectives, Paradigms and Prejudices
I wrote this blog a couple of years ago during the election. The same still holds true and I wanted to share it with you, our readers, again. Thanks. Linda
What does it matter if a person is male or female? Isn't it just a matter of biology? And what does it matter if a person is Hispanic, Asian, Caucasian, African American or Indian?
No matter your politics, our country is changing, and I, for one, embrace the change. We are fortunate to be living in a time where the people of the United States of America are finally getting it right. An African American president. Women in high level leadership positions. Hillary Clinton and others in the forefront and paving the way for women to be strong and bold. And this is just the beginning. Sonia Sotomayor, one of many outstanding women in our country, is nominated for the Supreme Court.
How can the critics of change truly believe it when they feel that women and minorities may bring a sense of prejudice to the decisions made for our fellow Americans? Our fellow Americans ARE women and minorities. Is it possible that bringing several different perspectives to the decision making for the land could bring a sense of balance to the decisions and actions made on behalf of us all? Who said that old white men are the only people who should have a voice in how we live and, for that matter, how we die?
In doing research for my book, I asked one of the women who is a state senator why more women were not in politics. I braced myself for her answer, conjuring up in my head reasons like, family, education, intimidation. But she said, "They just don't run." "They just don't get in the game." So was she telling me that we have a shortage of women who are unwilling to put themselves out there for change? We women, who are the nurturers, the believers in the importance of family and the importance and the goodness it conveys, are not willing to get in the "good fight" for change? The "good fight" for creating and endorsing the importance of the rights as human beings in this good land?
I think that may have been true for the majority of women several years ago. But, with time and events comes change. And with time and history comes enlightenment. And I would believe that my sisters are watching. We're watching the Hillarys and the Sarahs and the Sonias and so many others who are willing and brave and ready to take the heat and the pace and the mission of forging forward to speak for all of us. To be the voice of the feminine in the face of the masculine. To be the great equalizers in a time when we know, we intuitively know, that it is time for change and time for coming together. When it is a time for the old guard to move on and the era of compassion, trust, courage, and forthrightness to come forward. To throw away our shackles of prejudice and leave behind those who cling to them because they are afraid.
Leave the fearful behind and forge forward into an enlightened age where all are equal and all have a say. From our own perspectives we can effect change in our individual paradigms where need be. And we can share the paradigms we have nurtured to create a better world for ourselves, our children and the world.
I am excited and honored to be a part of this amazing time in history and this powerful time for women and minorities.
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