April 15 is a day to celebrate diversity in Estonia
April 15 is
mitme/kesisuse/päev, Diversity Day all over Estonia.
Mitme/kesisus is diversity.
Mitme/mitu is many or multi; as in multifaceted. The poster says “You can’t make an orchestra out of only violins”, “Every member of the team is important!” and
Tegutse, kui märkad diskrimineerimist – Do something, if you witness discrimination. They have used the anglicism
tiim for team. Synonyms are
mees/kond (mees = man, i.e. literally a team of men),
nais/kond (naine = woman, a team of women) or
võist/kond, a gender neutral "competing team". You can see why
tiim is a tempting alternative, although it's not used very widely.
Diversity Day events are being led by the project
Erinevus rikastab – Diversity enriches, whose website at HYPERLINK “http://www.erinevusrikastab.ee/”www.erinevusrikastab.ee is trilingual. They also have a Facebook page of the same name.
Võrdsed võimalused kõigile sallivas ühiskonnas – Equal opportunities for all in a tolerant society. You wrap a sall (scarf) around your neck to keep you warm. That’s a nice way to imagine tolerance – caring for one and all, wrapping a common sall around them. Tolerance is sallivus. Estonia knows sallid and is befriending sallivus.
Riina Kindlam, Tallinn
