Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating
that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea
that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” ~Maya
Angelou
Is Ms. Angelou correct? I'd like to think travel (as opposed to tourism) can prevent bigotry. Getting to know the locals wherever you travel must make a difference, right? What do you think? Am I'm too optimistic.
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I do buy into Maya's wisdom here. I have lived/worked/travelled in 50+ nations and have been humbled again and again by the kindness and generosity I have encountered worldwide! I do have a set of moral values, as we all do, and I do believe in right and wrong, but so often, 'it's not wrong, it's just different!'.
ReplyDeleteWell said, Joanna! Thank you.
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