LANGUAGE AND SKIN COLOR

(An elephantine cause)

  

    All over the globe, there are millions of languages and dialects spoken by people from different countries and places that make them unique from the neighboring one. But what was the inception of language? Why aren't we all speaking one beautiful language knowing fully well we are all made by one creator? Now this brings us to the first point where we need to define the word "language". It is a form of communication using words either spoken or gestured with the hands and structured with grammar (a system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language), Often with a writing system. What about Color? In this sense, it is the human skin tone especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity. Also it is an interest especially in a selective area. Why all this definitions you may ask all over again?

    

    Well, as mentioned earlier and for emphasis there are thousands of languages and they all didn't come to existence by mistake or by chance, rather God made man to fill the whole earth and to speak one language, but due to a certain man's stupid interest and desire he wanted to alter that supreme purpose to keep man in one particular location and thereby he built a gigantic tower for that aim. But the Creator decided to keep his purpose for man in line by splitting that 'one language' into several, then people started migrating to different places moving along with those that speak and understand their tongue, thereby bringing God's purpose to fulfillment though at a very huge cost.

 

   So as it led to a problem then, for centuries now, language and color is still a source of discrimination and cause for differences in cultures, customs, habits, beliefs, traditions and so on. It has affected Our way or sense of reasoning, altered our feelings and in born qualities despite the fact that we are made in God's likeness or image. Now this fall in our human anatomy and weakness breeds room for certain thoughts to control us and for some, it's just sheer ignorance because at the end of the day, it's always baseless excuses or reasons that prompts us into seeing things in that light. Some just feel one nation or ethnic group is better than others which causes a huge rift among humans the world over. Let's not even go too far because here in

Nigeria alone that we are all dark skinned, we treat ourselves like "animals" or "lepers" because the sound of another language alone causes a negative stir in us and we begin to insult one another as if we are far better than the next person.

    It's so terrible to the point that some employers of labor reject

certain ethnic groups for one or more reasons at all times no matter how qualified or experienced those persons may be, especially in the matters of marriage, people make selections of whom to marry depending on one's ethnic group or the tribe one belongs to and this has become a norm

in our society. Some parents give this excuse: they don't want their child to be taken too far away from them", so they reject every man or lady their child brings home that doesn't fall in their own ethnic requirements. 

 

    Now some people have blamed God for ranging our color or complexion and language. Why? They say it would've been better if God had made us all in the skin tone and same language. But what we must consider and ask ourselves is this: If we are a manufacturer or maker of certain types of products: Phones, Cars, Furniture and so on. Are we going to love to make all identical or same colors? Or would we love to type and print our magazines or books in just plain white on white or just black on black? That's a food for thought. So if we can search ourselves reasonably well and deep enough before we respond to these questions, then we are on the right path to understanding that our Creator is too great and far too wise not to have a purpose for

his creations and things he does. Also, we are simply made in His image that's why we love and cherish colors too. 

    So it's in our hands to erase this demeaning or demoralizing view of others simply because they don't share our ethnicity, skin color or not from the same background. Let's love all because we are neighbors meant to apply the second greatest commandment of all time.

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