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The color brown

 I associate myself with that color not because my genetic disposition provides me with a skin tone that sort of resembles it but because the global language has evolved to differentiate our species, Sapiens, in this manner to sort and count and report on.

That said we live in a world of whites, browns, blacks unless you had an adverse chemical reaction with an unknown drug or allergen then you might exhibit other shades of the spectrum.  There is also green with envy or just feeling blue but that is for another blog.

So why you ask this pontification on the color brown.  I will tell you why.

These brown version of our species have started to get in the limelight in a big way is why.  On this earth that we inhabit the leaders in positions of power, government and industry alike were largely borne out of former colonizers, explorers et al.  Thusly they were of a white skin tone oft referred to as the Caucasian, as in of European origin.

Well the axis has forever shifted.  If a lad of Indian heritage, Mr. Rishi Sunak becomes the next PM of the United Kingdom, which as of this writing is the proverbial writing on the wall of Downing Street, then it will be the first time that the monarchy has been ruled by a brown boy.  A Hindu faithful.  Outside of India itself which is a billion strong democracy (or version thereof) which is led by its Hindu leader this would be a momentous occasion indeed.  The very Britannica that ruled the former colony of India, its jewel in the crown will now return the favor in a manner of speaking. Combine that with an oft unknown fact that the isle next door, Ireland was also led by a boy of Indian heritage not long ago, a Mr. Varadkar who was its Prime Minister for some years.  

As Britain's fortunes go, the country certainly needs a sage with wisdom and steady hand in these tumult filled times. It has started to look like the very banana republic that it once bossed over.  Having gone with five PMs in last six years it is resembling the basket case like Italy and not the once former empire it claimed where the sun was never going to set.

Rishi, the word itself means the wise one or a sage, is going to have to figure out how to right this ship and make that Sterling glitter in every pound.

In America the play has not as much been about brown boys in political leadership roles although there have been governors et al, but certainly some of the prominent brands in corporate America are now run by boys and girls of Indian origin.  Some of the largest capitalized companies in America have CEOs who originally came to America in search of higher education and a higher purpose (albeit mostly in high tech) but had humble beginnings in India.

This is globalization in another way.  Migration has long been the forte of our species and figuring out the codex and applying oneself can see one attain anything.

Hoping these changes make for a more tolerant and collaborative world for our species.

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