If racism and xenophobia are attitudes that we are taught , not born with, the problems that come from them can be resolved. Discuss the view and give your own opinion.

There are certain attitudes, that every human has, which arise two questions: were we born with certain thoughts or someone taught them to us?

This

essay will explain in deeper the answer to the second question, explaining how attitudes,

such

as xenophobia or racism, are in today's society and what can we do to go beyond them. First of all, is important to understand that both racism and xenophobia are fears towards

people

, with the first one related to the physical appearance and the second to the culture which the individual has. These, are not something we are born with,

instead

, they come from the hate and traditions that

people

may have.

While

some

parents

teach their kids the differences among

people

in a familiar and safe way, others, are more inclined, maybe because of the experiences that they had during their lives, to explain and underline those characteristics as problems and issues from which the child should guard himself.

For instance

,in a multi-ethnic city, where you can find all kinds of

people

(with different nationalities, cultures, religions etc..), obviously if a child grows up there, he will be more inclined to accept diversity. Take, as an example, the opposite situation, we are in a small village, in a remote country, and the child is going to associate differences with a bad characteristic.

Furthermore

, from my perspective,

this

is a really difficult subject to talk about, especially today, when we see a lot of cases of

people

harmed and treated badly only because they were different, because of their appearances. Since

parents

taught that to their children, I see a possibility to change how things are now. The solution could be to make

parents

more aware of their role in shaping new citizens. Anyway,

this

is a structural problem and it may not solve the situation completely, which is why, I think, it is

also

important to have institutions working on the issue,

for example

, talking more about it on TV or creating campaigns about these subjects etc... . In conclusion,

although

,

parents

do not teach any more certain attitudes, like racism and xenophobia, that were imposed on them when they were kids as well, it is not going to delete them.

Therefore

, I believe that transformation should come from a more structural perspective, from the institutions, and only in

this

way the change can be implemented in the

overall

society.