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Originally Posted by rjwood  Probably..But ignorance is unavoidable. No one can know all things. Well, ones god could, I suppose. Anyway, back to racism and ignorance. If ignorance is unavoidable, is racism and/or bigotry unavoidable? |
First, I would say that a certain amount of ignorance is inevitable, but we can always improve. I was never racist, but I did have a strong dislike for homosexuals... until I had a class with a gay guy who was completely normal and an alright guy to hang out with. So ignorance can be fixed.
Second, I would say that ignorance CAN lead to fear and thence to hate, but it doesn't HAVE to. If we can just make the effort, we can get past this stuff. We all have a tendency to feel hostility against the unknown, but many of us are also able to overcome that and move on.
Here's hoping.
