On the political front right now, many in power want to eliminate all DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs and funding for efforts to recognize, honor, and respect the differences in our society.
And often, these anti-DEI folks cloak themselves in the language of Jesus lovers or as sacred messengers of their version of the Bible.

So, what was God thinking when He created a woman and then a man? He could have just created one creature that could multiply as needed, without needing another individual to help in the growth of the community.
And He could have chosen to bring His new creations up in what is called Europe.
And why not make these new creatures share the same color and texture of hair, eyes, skin, and the same height and weight?
I wonder what we would be doing if God had decided to make us all red, blue, black, or striped like zebras.
Why, oh, why would He allow us to have so many communities that look and act so differently?

If the old pictures I saw of a white Jesus with long blond or light brown hair were true, then why did God create the rest of them, folks who would look so different? There are many who now say that Jesus was a Brown Brother.
And I always wondered why all the pictures I saw painted of angels were of white angels with white feathers… Where were all the other angels, or, after death, did they all turn white? It would be nice to see some brown angels. I don’t think God thought we would think everything needed to be white.

When my father died in 1974, my mom asked me to go to the courthouse to get the death certificate. I went to the courthouse in Las Animas, Colorado, and got the certificate that said my father was white. My dad, Marco Trinidad Avila, was a beautiful man with dark, wonderful skin color. I was soon shouting at the clerk that this town had never treated him as a white man but had discriminated against him and his family because they were Mexican.
The sheriff’s office was half a block away, and soon, the sheriff was there to protect the clerk from me.
Soon, they handed me the phone, and my mom was on the line asking me to take the document and come back home.

Racism, sexism, and discrimination have been the main parts of our political diets.
Did God want us to struggle with this, so that we might do what is right and fair?
If God wanted a white world, He would have made us all white. And what if there were only one species of trees and plants, and all the deer, dogs, cows, fish, and birds were the same?
Now, that would be really boring.

But things are changing, even if, perhaps, not fast enough. Marriage and the blending of families and bloodlines are creating new and exciting pockets of differences.
And when we transplant organs from a donor to a recipient, we do this without factoring in the race of the donor.
And if you are in a hospital and need a blood transfusion, you cannot choose blood from a white person and avoid getting blood from a person of color; and God forbid, what if the only available blood was from a trans person?
Yet more, if you only want white medical assistance, you might just die in the emergency room, waiting for your white doctor and nurse.
Some white folks need to take a stroll through their local hospitals before they get sick, so they can see the color and gender of those working there.

Yes. I think God was experimenting with the greatest of all DEI projects and testing us to see how we could accept all of the children and creatures of His making.
And yet, some are still saying under their breath that racial cleansing is okay, as they embrace their version of the Bible.
Yes, God is giving us a test, and some of us are failing miserably.

The meaning of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is a set of values and related policies and practices focused on establishing a group culture of equitable and inclusive treatment, and on attracting and retaining a diverse group of participants, including people who have historically been excluded or discriminated against.