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"The chief cause of human error is to be found in the prejudices
picked up in childhood." Rene Descartes I have begun to recognize how
many of my prejudices were planted in childhood. Family, teachers, clergy,
and friends passed prejudices on to me: "The Jews are bad because they
killed Jesus." "Whites are superior to others." "Women
should obey the man of the house." "Gays are child molesters."
"Sex is for having babies, and you should not enjoy it." Today I
live with the problem of knowing...
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