@Pat Hartman - you are so right. If only we had learned this lesson long ago. Perhaps this song says what needs to be said. The only REAL question is whether anyone will ever listen and learn.
From the old Rodgers and Hammerstein play/movie,
South Pacific, regarding a man wrestling with his feelings for a non-Caucasian woman:
You've got to be taught to hate and fear,
You've got to be taught from year to year,
It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade,
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught before it's too late,
Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
You've got to be carefully taught!
Remember, the movie was from 1958, 65 years ago! This song was considered controversial at the time.
Looks like these days the hatred has just moved on to new targets.