Ah, good old ingrained gut knowledge. I know a bit about that. I'm an ex-pat from an Eastern European country, currently living in the UK. Where I come from, t

Ah, good old ingrained gut knowledge. I know a bit about that. I'm an ex-pat from an Eastern European country, currently living in the UK. Where I come from, there is a subcurrent of racism that pretty much everyone has. I've heard all the standard ones: "[ethnic group]? You know what they're like" and "[religious group] are all [stereotype]. Oh, [a good acquaintance who is the only member of said religious group this person knows]? He's all right, yeah, but he's an exception."[1] These come in the form of gut feelings that you somehow know are true, and when you're presented with evidence to the contrary you just assume it's an exception to the rule. Even if you objectively know these gut feelings are incorrect, they're still hard to dispel because they're so deeply ingrained. It's stuff that's taken me a while to shake off. What I'm trying to say is: challenge your gut responses to stuff. It'll make you a better person. [1]: These are almost verbatim quotes from people who are otherwise fairly open-minded and progressive.