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PROJECT: ONE TEAM AMERICA America – The United State of America, is not just an aggregation of states and union territories. America is a concept. America is hope. America is an ambassador to the human race. It is a place, an idea, and a representation of the true world domicile by the human race. All these together give America the highest responsibilities and duties. At the same time, America is under the most powerful microscope in the world – this microscope is made out of 6 billion pairs of optical lenses for human eyes and ears. It wouldn’t be wise to think, that something foolish and biased will be unnoticed or slip by. America – is one of the best nations so far, however not the absolute best. Being best among the worst is no good. To bring out the best of America – the ideology- has to be challenged over and over again – by all the people of the world. Time has arrived as it did 150 years ago – when President Lincoln issued a Proclamation of Emancipation. However, the country took 100 years or two generations to realize President Lincoln’s vision and several great leaders such as Vernon Jordan, Malcolm X, Brown, Kennedy, King, and Carter. While the world took a little longer the world took longer to understand the vision of President Lincoln – for example, It took South Africa about 133 years and some parts of the world still “did Not get It”. Juneteenth is a celebration of high pigmentation-America’s embracement of the Concept of America. It is the representation of America the Ambassador. It is the state of Advancement in America. Economically and socially it is disadvantageous to leave or push one or more of the inhabitants of the country behind. It is equally disadvantageous to push or leave behind one or more of the earth’s inhabitants. Like the “Crab syndrome” meaning those who we leave behind will pull us down, and pull us down hard, with more force and numbers. President Lincoln signed a piece of paper 150 years ago and the great great grandchildren of the people of his generation are enjoying the benefit of it. What are we doing today, to make our grandchildren and greatgrandchildren celebrate 150 years from now? Are we too self-centered or selfish? Concept America- is a representation of the human habitat of mother earth. America has variable pigmentations, vocabulary, and foods. And, underneath all pigmentation lies the color red – the color of the stripes on the spangle Banner. There is 0.0001% or less variability in the genetic level of all this pigmentation. Yet, every time, we apply for voter registration, employment, grants, loan, housing, counseling, and education we are asked to and often compelled to differentiate the fine-tuning of the pigmentation – the Black, the Brown, and the White. Yellow is replaced by a different word and so are the other shades of brown. Do we need these pigmentation categories or do we need – the
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Takshila Foundation “need-based” categories - to make sure that no one is pushed or left behind so we can avoid the creation of the “Crab Syndrome” A pictorial representation of “Concept America” is –Project America – the “One Team America”. We are one. Depigmentation is merely a part of slow and reversible photophysiological processes. It does not have any economic or intellectual basis. The use of hyphenated American is meaningful or not is a subject of intellectual debate and solution of a wisdom America. Let's visualize the economic impact of Juneteenth – simply in billions of dollars of revenues and taxes born out of Inventions, Discoveries, and Corporate and Political
leadership of the highest pigmentation. However, the largest portion is also left behind in the high-wall cages - the correction Facilities- of “Concept America”. Something is WRONG with this picture. Let's look for the root cause, as remote as that might be. We must not stop at the surface of the problem. If we do, we will just transfer our problems to our unborn grandchildren – it will simply be a felony that no jury disagrees with. Hope America: A critical mass of America with variable pigmentations seems to be moving the “concept of America” forward. From time to time when this invisible critical mass takes hold, even for a fraction of a second, the “Crab Syndrome” rises and puts the whole country on a retrograde. It is now more than ever we need an Abraham Lincoln of Global magnitude. We need that Critical mass to take the driver’s seat in moving all the “Hope”, the “Concept” and the “Ambassador” America. Ryan Baidya, Ph.D., MBA Pigmentation: Genetic makeup: Vocabulary: Need-based Grade:
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Variable (high in summer and low in winter) 0.0001% differential English and others Medium (B-)
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