Reply #36: Because of the world and society in which we are raised...

[misanthrope]

...we all harbor racist tendencies, but the degrees of such vary wildly. Remember Jesse Jackson's revelation that he realized he still tensed up and clutched at his wallet when he saw young African-American males approach him on the street?

The key to defeating this is having the courage to admit to ourselves the amount of these socially enforced tendencies that exist in each of us. We can't overcome them unless we do.