07-14-2006, 07:46 PM
Just to add my opinion and personal experience here. I've studied with 2 Russians and 1 Czech, and none of them were racist in the least. They were simply lovely people to know.
Racism is like an intolerant religion: it makes people aggressive and fills them with hate. Rational thinking is the only solution to racism (learning not to stereotype ethnic groups, always considering the individuals and not thinking of them as groups; and remaining positive about the rest of a population even when you do meet the rotten apples). They should teach this stuff at school, so that when children grow up, they don't become racist.
Racism is like an intolerant religion: it makes people aggressive and fills them with hate. Rational thinking is the only solution to racism (learning not to stereotype ethnic groups, always considering the individuals and not thinking of them as groups; and remaining positive about the rest of a population even when you do meet the rotten apples). They should teach this stuff at school, so that when children grow up, they don't become racist.