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Originally posted by Cream
Today I attended a conference. The room was evenly divided on bureaucratic stuff. Not that it was unimportant, but it took time away from what was important, i.e. finding a solution. It kind of reminded me of this thread. Which makes me curious, does anyone have any solutions to this issue of prejudice, racism, bigotry, intolerance, and fear? I mean real practical things that we can do to improve this world.
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Cream,
Honestly like someone has said earlier, if WE (as people) can't even come to terms as to what is what (in regards to how YOU see racism vs. I see racism), then I can't really answer that question.
Obviously, 30 years of having NOT conversations like this, and just putting on a smile and saying "we are all equal" hasn't worked .
I think one solution is for people to "step outside the box" and just ask questions. For example, (and this is JUST an example) ktsnake asked a question about Black Panthers and I gave him an answer that hopefully will clear up the misconception. Not to say that he will agree with what the BP is all about (I don't necessarily agree with it either - the purpose of asking questions is to gain knowledge, not to agree), but at least now he knows the truth and maybe it will open him up to ask question other things that go on.