"Start seeing the person next to you as a HUMAN. We are ALL the same. We are a HUMAN RACE. Not black, not white, not gay, not straight, not asian, not male not female."
That's exactly what these civil/human rights movements are all about, but we're not the ones with the problem... if only it was as easy as you think it is.
Also, please don't use the African children cop out, we can all care about different things at the same time and we all have the right choose the causes we support and fight for.