Racism, sexism, I believe both to be culturally ingrained in each of us to varying degrees. For most of us being aware of it within ourselves is but the first step. Recognizing the damage it does is the second step and working to eradicate it from ourselves is an ongoing process I think.
We surely did not start out with it as babies that's for sure.
The author of that cartoon I suspect is likely aware of his own racism, maybe even takes a misguided pride in it but I doubt he sees the harm it does to our society nor the harm it reflects back on himself.
I am fairly sure that I am done telling sexist style jokes and I stopped with any racial style jokes decades ago. That said I still find myself telling (poor) Republican jokes, in essence demonizing my fellow Americans who think different than me.
Truth be told this is just another form of hate-a hate that reflects poorly on me and yet for the most part a hate perfectly acceptable within our local community. In a very real sense, my own ingrained hate is hardly different than that of the author of that sick cartoon you posted, albeit to a very different degree of course.
We are indeed products of our culture. It will take a lot of effort but I do think that we can change that culture. This election cycle is gonna be very interesting around here.
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