One thing I noticed &#x2F; learned about when we had our child is that we are all social creatures. We yearn to be with others like ourselves and to fit in.<p>It&#x27;s an incredibly strong pull, and the attitude of &quot;if they really were interested, they&#x27;d be interested&quot; that is prominent here greatly underestimates how strong our desire to fit in is.<p>In poor neighborhoods, few rise out of their situations to become scholars and professionals. Do we believe it is because they don&#x27;t want to? Or is it because the social currents -- the pull to fit in, sell drugs, check out, be cool -- are too strong? We have deeply evolved social genes, and our fear of being alienated trumps a lot of things.<p>Unconscious bias is real. You can take a test and see for yourself. We think we view the sexes, other races, other tribes as we view ourselves. But the fact is we&#x27;re deeply biased. It is ingrained.<p>So, we might not be best suited to say whether our tribe is inclusive -- we probably couldn&#x27;t give an objective answer if we tried. But what we can do is make a better attempt to be more inclusive of ideas; especially the ones that make us uncomfortable.