Prince Karo:Sadly, I think that the reflexive distrust of those who are different is something that is genetically built into humans.. No matter how mouch tolerance you teach a person, there will always be an istinctive nature of people to feel wary of someone who is an 'outsider'
Children start out treating differences with curiosity, but in this day and age they are then (and to a certain extent, necessarily so) taught that the world is a place full of things to fear. It is the natural and healthy thing to do to approach the unknown with caution. Personally, I don't think racism is bad at all, nor any other prejudices. It's discrimination that is a problem. Assuming certain qualities about someone you don't know based on either past experiences of someone with easily identified charactistics you recognise in this unknown person, or else some stereotypes (which while many are no doubt outdated, all come from some element of high statistical likelihood) is the safe way to respond to the inescapable truth that in modern society, you can't know everyone you come into contact with well enough to judge them as a person in their own right. But when you have the opportunity to get to know someone for who they are, rather than your presumptions based on what much you could see at first look, you should then use these criteria to judge the person. It's when you can't see past the superficial assumptions regardless of information to the contrary that problems arise.
What's the point of a hero with no one to save?
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