A bit of Sagely Advice: Hate is bad! duh.

You would think that by this time our society would have progressed beyond the need for sexism, racism, bigotry, hate, etc. But alas, we seem stuck in a neverending spiral of self-destruction.

Why do we do this?
- Misinformation? Perhaps.
- Upbringing? Possibly.
- Personal Experience? Doubtful.

So lets examine what is the science behind this.
Lets start out with one, What is Racism?
Hating an entire group of people based simply on their Race.
How might someone come to be "racist"?
Probably due to negative stereotypes.
What is a stereotype?
A generalization of an entire group based on the characteristics of some(or maybe even none).

Now to the interesting part: Deciding whether or not stereotypes are a bad thing.
If they are wrong and negative, then they are most certainly bad. But not all stereotypes are bad, for instance: I bet you won't eat at a Popeyes if you don't see atleast one black person working in the kitchen ( I won't! ). Are black people something that has been scientifically proven to be a necessity at Popeyes? No, but I did try Popeyes once with no visible black people and I got food poisoning. So this stereotype is more or less a "safe bet issue". So yes some stereotypes are ok, and can save lives.

What I can't deduce is why people take stereotypes so far as to start hating an entire group!
Just doesn't make sense!
All people need to learn to be proud of who they are and what they are without feeling the need to destroy all others in their wake.
Maybe my words will change something... More than likely though, no one will read this, but I certainly hope someday there will be no hate.
Till then, can we at least attempt to keep flammable objects away from people who can't spell flammable. I have a feeling that couldn't hurt the situation.