Four year olds, Jia Sarnicola and Zuri Copeland have been sweeping the internet since their recent debut as "twins". The two little girls of Miami, Florida, met in school as their friendship quickly began to flourish.

The two discovered that they share nearly the same birthday, just two days apart. Thus, convincing them that they must be twins. However, when the friends were approached by a group of girls at a birthday party, they were told that they couldn't possibly be twins because of the color of their skin. Zuri tearfully responded that sharing the same birthday with Jia was proof enough of their sisterly bond. The girls later told Zuri's twenty-three year old sister, Victoria Williams, that they are twins because they "share the same soul."

While some may look at this, shake their heads and smile as they explain it away as the simple innocence of children, others hold a strong value of such innocence. In fact, why not question what causes us to lose this ability to be so pure of heart? Children are born colorblind. They do not understand the meaning of racial differences until they are taught. Until ideas are impressed upon them and their minds become poisoned.

Racial differences is a man-made concept. One that defies natural reasoning, or the reasoning in which man was originally born with to help him survive in the wild. This viewpoint was first embraced in the early era of civilization when man first viewed himself as better than others and began to seek social and political power. Although, the point remains that recognizing racial difference was never necessary to survival and acted as a pawn to disrupt social harmony.

The innocence of a child can be stripped from them in the blink of an eye as they first-handedly witness the judgements of a cruel world. Luckily in the case of Jia and Zuri, their mothers were quick to support their daughters' eye-opening purity. It is positive news such as this that needs to be continuously broadcasted in place of the flood of negativity that fills our television channels, newspapers, and other sources. Not to maintain our youth's naiveté, but to impress good will to all in spite of our unique differences.