A touching photo is going viral this week that is something that is cheering everyone up in the divisive times that we are living in. At a time when racial tensions seem to be at an all-time high, this is exactly what we need to see.

Meet Jax and Reddy, two five year-old best friends who are practically inseparable.

Jax and Reddy are already known for being great jokesters at their school, and recently, they decided to get the same haircut so that their teacher would not be able to tell them apart! The two boys may be different races and colors, but they do not see that at all. Instead, they only see their friendships and the many things they have in common.

“This morning Jax and I were discussing his wild hair. I told him that he needed a haircut this weekend. He said that he wanted his head shaved really short so he could look like his friend Reddy,” Jax’s mom Lydia Rosebush wrote on Facebook. “He said he couldn’t wait to go to school on Monday with his hair like Reddy’s so that his teacher wouldn’t be able to tell them apart. He thought it would be so hilarious to confuse his teacher with the same haircut.”

“If this isn’t proof that hate and prejudice is something that is taught I don’t know what is,” Lydia continued. “The only difference Jax sees in the two of them is their hair.”

We could all be a little more like Jax and Reddy, and focus more on what we have in common, rather than what divides us.

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