Growing up all over the world as a military kid, I wasn't raised with a lot of "ism". I was mostly taught America was the best country on earth and we were supposed to help others. Moving back to the states as a teenager and seeing huge racial issues (even in my school) just blew me away, it created a lot of dissonance for me, I couldn't (and still really don't) understand it.

The old Rodney King quote "People, I just want to say, can we all get along? Can we get along?" resonates with me.