[Jennifer30852]

The first thing that came to mind when I read your post was, there is no perfect being but Jesus. Granted, that’s based on my own beliefs, and they may not work for you, but whenever I find myself sucking my teeth at someone else’s foibles, I try to remember that I am subject to the same judgment that I mete out to others. My belief system also tells me that my God is tremendously merciful and doesn’t expect perfection from me. He expects me to try. That’s all. That said, Art, I don’t know whether prejudice can be eradicated, nor am I sure that that’s what’s most important. That is, as a black person, I don’t care as much what any given non-black person thinks of my blackness as I do about how their beliefs cause them to behave. One could posit that it’s nearly impossible not to act on judgments we make about people and situations (keep in mind that white people don’t have the corner on the market of prejudice – it’s a human thing). However, I feel that all that anyone can ask of another human being is that they grapple with these issues.

You seem like a person of goodwill. That is tremendously valuable. Maybe you should concentrate on the journey rather than the destination. That is, don’t stake the success or failure of your journey to eradicate prejudice within yourself on whether you feel you’ve achieved it. Try to concentrate on whether you will still try, whether you can ever say you have no prejudice within you at all. If you can say you will try and keep trying, well, you are a better man than many, regardless of ethnicity.

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Name : Jennifer30852, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 31, City : St. Paul, State : MN, Country : United States, Occupation : Non-Profit, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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