Race, religion, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status, sexual-orientation, education...eye color?
And its perpetuation isn't always violence, radical intolerance, or belligerence.
It is a quiet, growing silence. Muteness to injustice. Subdued resolution.
Judgment. Comparison. Criticism. Jealousy. Competition.
It is not knowing, a reaction to not understanding, a conclusion of naivety.
It is what we hate about ourselves that we find so readily-available in others.
It is easy. Brash. Indulgent. Expected. Encouraged. Idolized. Learned.
Accepted.
Hate is fear.
Help me to not be fearful.
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