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Tonight we had a dinner for some friends and after dinner we asked our friend from India to make some comments about “What Gandhi would do if he was going to trial for trespassing at Marquette University?” He did not talk about that particular question but gave us insights into Gandhi and his thinking. He mentioned how Gandhi treated all people, despite race and ethnicity as brothers and sisters.
Prasad was driven here by three women. Two woman, one named May and one named Moon came in the house with Prasad. They were definitely Asian looking but not Indian. Later in the evening May and another woman name Dianna came to pick up Prasad and take him back to Racine.
As were talking around the kitchen table he turns out May was Hmong and Dianna was Mexican. Moon, who was with May earlier, was from an ethnic group inside of Burma that is severely persecuted by Burmese people.
However, the racial diversity was not the major story. The major story was that May, Dianna and Prasad did not know each other until last night. Last night Prasad was at a meeting when he casually mentioned that he needs a ride to Milwaukee today. Dianna was at the same meeting and met Prasad. May had called Dianna about helping Moon getting her cutting through the Division of Motor Vehicles to get her driving license. Dianna could not help May and Moon on work time but decided to take the day off of work to help them. She had never met May and Moon before the day and decided that since she had to call Prasad and see if he still needed a ride to Milwaukee. So today Prasad from India, Dianna of Mexican heritage, May, a Hmong and Moon from a Burmese ethnic group got together, ran their errands, dropped Prasad off at my house for dinner and latter Dianna and May came back for a bite to eat and to pick up Prasad and take him back to India. By the time they left my other friends had gone and Jerry went upstairs to his bedroom and my wife to hers. The two women and Prasad realizing how four of us had met by chance started to take pictures of each other and me. I was going to get one of my cameras out but there was too much people posing for pictures for my taste.
Around the table tonight the four of us, all from different countries, India, Mexico, Hmong, and American, were laughing and joking as we were old friends yet we had all four met each other with the last 24 hours. Gandhi was right; we are all brother and sisters of the world and when we treat each other that way we can live in peace and joy. We are four nationalities but one people.
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