Thanks for sharing Anni,
Raises many thoughts in my noggin.
Have met, known and spoken with people from all over this country and world. One important thing realized is people are people 1st. Good hearts and bad ones usually mean the difference between good and poor education, ignorance and intellect. But, not always. Some of the most good hearted intelligent people have ever met came from the poorest backgrounds with the least traditional educations. Unfortunately, traditions almost more than anything else teach people to observe anyone and anything out of whatever normal realm they have with suspicion which is sometimes wrongly confused with other emotions like distrust.
Racism is sometimes only used as an excuse to cover up poor traditions? Think about almost any sort of training for example? Repairing something? Look for something out of the ordinary or out of place is usual first solution, right? But, from my experience many things are also compound issues or problems and are generally more difficult to diagnose. Far too often, what is sown is also reaped? Good and better experience and education is a very good solution to some issues. Where it's lacking, look for those issues 1st? Biggie is why?