What it takes to move from a position of hate and racism to a position of tolerance and respect is a discussable case. The main reason for this change in perception would be having the experience. Hating a race with no previous true interaction or understanding would obviously lead to nowhere but to a fixed mind state. For example, a kid is born in a racist family, and grows up knowing that he must hate a certain race. There will be no questioning until the individual recieves proper experience, so he can set his perspective in other's shoes. So, resuming, it does not take much to move from hate and racism to a position or repsect and tolerance.
Ignorance is really the main blockade between that change in perseption, not allowing the person to visualize why they are being against each other. Ignorance also doesn't allow someone to realize for what reason they hate that certain race, so, in conclusion, having the experience will allow someone to bypass that ignorance "blockade" and realize the meaining of their rivality. That is, all considering what was said throughout the movie.
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In the film "American History X", Derek, the protagonist, started off as a race hater. He completely changed his mind later on as the plot developed only because he met a black laundry worker, also describable as his co-worker. Daily interaction with that person was self-sufficient to convince him that the black community were not supposed to be discriminated that way, and that made Derek totally consider his family's point of view into his own pespective, distinguishing what was right and what was wrong.
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