Multicultural diversity and "revolution"

Multicultural diversity is a concept that is near and dear to my heart. It is without scientific rationalism that I have become almost enthralled by this, but it is with nonlinear compassion. I feel it is more “right” to treat people with dignity, regardless of their particular “-ism,” than it is to treat them with contempt because they are different. It is with this feeling that I approach this particular section of Revolutions of Society.

Honestly, I believe the term revolution is poorly defined in most cases, especially in this class, and is thrown about without regard to the impact it has on developing minds. This said, it is very important to recognize when social movements are at hand, for these are the movements that can truly shift the veritable norms of society.

In this blog posting, I would like to suggest the possibility that revolution is a demeaning term to apply to a social, technical, and (as Aya pointed out) individual changes. It is demeaning in that it infers that the establishment is “wrong” and the new, or novel that takes its place is “right.” How can this actually be the case when there are revolutionaries throughout the world that are constantly shifting and transferring power?

Maybe revolution should be saved for this kind of definition. I, mean, does it really matter what the dictionary definition of a word is if the cultural definition is different?

This being said, I want to propose that it is the dignity given from one individual to another, given from one group to another, or given from one culture to another that is at the heart of change throughout the world. Whether change is for better or worse depends on the affect it has on the overall dignity gained by all groups. Without an increase in dignity, how can our collective race really say we are changing for the better?