“There is no ‘better’ or ‘worse,’ only different. That difference has to be respected whether it’s skin color, way of life, or ideas. The Chumash have a story about this.
It begins with a worm
who is eaten by a bird.
The bird is eaten by a cat
whose self-satisfaction is disrupted by a mean-looking dog.
After devouring the cat, the dog is killed by a grizzly bear
who congratulates himself for being the strongest of all. About that time comes a man who kills the bear
and climbs a mountain to proclaim his ultimate superiority.
He ran so hard up the mountain that he died at the top.
Before long the worm crawled out of his body.”
Kote Lotah
northernchumash.org 