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Is it fair to assume that in the world we live in today, it's almost impossible to stay away from 'racist ideologies' and 'xenophobia'? How responsible is the media? Should we blame the government instead? Or, is "racism" simple evidence of how fallible, ignorant and naive humans are?
In my opinion, all of the above are true to a certain extent. Humans are obsessed with putting things in boxes and categories, it's simply the way we were taught to think and react. Most humans are dense, they mostly care only about themselves and are scared when someone does not fit or follow pre-established norms of society (e.g - culture shock).
History has taught us many things and it's the best source of information to predict/analyse the future. This worries me, specially now when things are so grim and dispiriting. How are we going to be able to live togheter if we're constantly finding ways to "eat the dog next door"? If education is the key to break all human misconceptions and beliefs, why is it so unaccessible to many and why don't we do something about it?
Last edited by winston on Jun-28-2008 at 00:14
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