"Arrivals...there goes the neighborhood"

So when the settlers came to the "New World" they encountered the Native Americans. Now when you meet someone new, and I assume this goes for anyone, but if what they do, how they act, what they eat, etc, is different from your norm, you think "that person is weird." 

Some people may enjoy encountering new people and experiencing a new culture or way of life, and some, well most, are like the new comers. They want everyone to adapt to them. To be how they are, and do what they do, because it's "normal". 

I'm feeling the same way with where I live. My mom and I were so used to not sharing our town home area. Once the property value went down the other homes became owned by the bank and they rented them out. Now how we did things became to change because the new neighbors did not do anything the same as we did, and like the new comers they made no attempt to adapt to the usual flow. So we adapted to them. 

Now, this is just one minor example. But imagine a school like Whitney Young, filled with so many people and cultures, changing to just one standard. Would it even have as many students? Would it be as successful? I imagine it wouldn't be. 

All this to say, in my opinion at least, the key to success is unity and unity is adaptation. Everyone can't be the same. Even those who share similar values have differences. But eliminating the differences isn't going to help you. At the end of the day you're killing one of your own.