Tolerance?

This is what I don’t understand.  We are supposed to begrudgingly tolerate "the other" races and religions.  It seems the wrong word.  Accept might be better. 

Or Embrace!

Look at this thru the microcosm of food.  Do we tolerate spaghetti?  Or Mexican Food?  Or Chinese Food?  Or French? Or Indian, Or Thai, Tapas, deli, or sushi?

No. In fact, quite the contrary – we relish (get it?  It’s a play on the whole food metaphor...) those different foods, and they are and always will be the spice of life.

Why isn’t it the same with people?  I think if everyone was the same it would get pretty boring, pretty fast, and we’d cease to grow, thrive and expand. 

That’s the end of my soap box.