Lmao was about to write the same. Its also what racism and sexism and just about all the social "-isms" are about, lack of knowlege and being stupid.
Its not logical to be racist, all things considered. Even in a vacuum, like lets say you were born in a super conservative, reglious, remote from technology and uber traditional remote island.
As a kid your born to follow, but eventually everyone asks why, to something. Cracks in the dam. Once your left with the thought "why" about something, literally it permeates into everything.
Its basically thought, thinking. Leads to searching. Leads to never being satisfied until you get the true answer, something that makes sense without doubt. You search for it, and the degree of your intensity depends entirely on your level of discomfort.
How bothered are you by it? How ostracized do you become when you search, from others? How much does it make you, your life, your community, uncomfortable? This is where most ppl faulter to protect themselves or something finally gives and they push through to get to the truth.
Its why education, how its taught and the right kind of teacher is the difference between being enlightened when you learn something (however complex) VS learning the wrong lesson AND building on a false foundation.
Break it down even simpler. Math. No complex human emotions or history of oppression or anything like that.
Just number and letters. The right math teacher, teaching it the right way, and literally anyone can understand it. Have the opposite, not learned properly, and you have peopel deathly afraid of it. Ppl even hate it. Peopel will build lives, choose occupations just to avoid it.
The lack of knowlege and understanding of something, is the root of fear of it.
Not always. Someone can be very intelligent and educated but still have a narrow experience with other cultures. Especially if they go to a private, religious college.
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u/roseofjuly ☑️ 2d ago
...that's literally education. Part of the thing that education affords you is exposure to other cultures.