> Throwing radically different folks together and telling them to accept each-other is a fool's errand.
Fortunately the facts are against you. Whether it's Boston bussing (I lived through it) or the unremarkableness of women in business, military or government, or removing restrictions on marriage, acceptance demonstrably comes via contact.
There's still a long way to go but things have improved a lot. Just for me: I was born in a country with statutory restrictions on people of different "races". When I came to the US for the first time my parents drove north from Washington DC because had we looked for a hotel in VA my parents would have had to stay in different ones. That's inconceivable now.
And frankly we all have better things (from wifi to medicines to books plays and movies) because more people than before have the opportunity to participate. Shoving some of them down hurts everyone.
Fortunately the facts are against you. Whether it's Boston bussing (I lived through it) or the unremarkableness of women in business, military or government, or removing restrictions on marriage, acceptance demonstrably comes via contact.
There's still a long way to go but things have improved a lot. Just for me: I was born in a country with statutory restrictions on people of different "races". When I came to the US for the first time my parents drove north from Washington DC because had we looked for a hotel in VA my parents would have had to stay in different ones. That's inconceivable now.
And frankly we all have better things (from wifi to medicines to books plays and movies) because more people than before have the opportunity to participate. Shoving some of them down hurts everyone.