How do we, as a society, go about changing our racist, ageist,sexist views?

Question

We need to get back to accepting people for who they are, move on and get over it. They're duds in every ethicity... we've all met them but they are no cause to judge an entire people.

Answer 1

I learned something from my father. He's quite liberal and used to believe against school integration because he didn't think you could legislate morals. After observing society for a few years he decided that he was wrong because people who had gone to integrated schools were much less likely to be prejudiced or were much easier to be convinced out of being prejudiced.

The lesson is that exposure to diversity in a close up way (like being in school with 35 hours per week) reduces bigotry. We need to put ourselves and our children into personal and institutional situations rigorously that will expose us to different types of people.

Blacks, gays, Russians, Cubans, republicans, liberals, poor people, the blind, geeks and everyone else whether you want to learn to love them or not. Even drug addicts. Because the point is not to embrace or promote their lifestyle. It is to exorcise our learned tendencies to judge and hate based on a person's group rather than upon a person individually.

Answer 2

I think we have to be more open to getting to know each other. It's so hard to trust anybody these days that people tend to stay away from each other unless they are in their particular group. We need to listen to each other and talk to each other again. We've come a long way in the past 30 years but we still have a long way to go. I also think people need to be less sensitive to everything that is said or done. Because something happens in 1 place, the whole country will get in an uproar over it and take it personally. We all need to lighten up a bit.

Answer 3

Have you watched little children playing at School? There are color blind, they play together.

The moment they grow up a little to understand, Daddy and Mummy teaches them the color chart: Black, Brown, White, Red and Yellow.

People are born without prejudice, it is the peers that teach hate.

If I am wrong tell me so.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

It is about education. The more educated a person posesses, the less likely they are to be racist and judgemental.

Answer 6

Stupid is as stupid does. Mom and dad teach the hate, and the media stereotypes don't help either.