I was thinking more of contemporary persons looking back on history and comparing with contemporary events -- or even current/recent events. For example the OK city bombing doesn't lead White people to believe that all White people are religious nutcases slavering to blow up buildings, but it is very easy for (some) White people to leap to that conclusion about Those Other (dark skinned, wrong religion, wrong language, foreign, etc) People... a riot in Watts or So Central and plenty of whitefolks in the US click their tongues and say (wtte) "well those people are just like that."
But yes, it's universal... The difference between theory and practise in practise ...
You're exactly right. And I always wonder why it's so hard for people to accept that we're all basically the same? Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes
