This is on my mind a lot. While I have no illusions that I am good at empathizing with those in 'other' groups, I do think my particular upbringing has shown me

This is on my mind a lot. While I have no illusions that I am good at empathizing with those in 'other' groups, I do think my particular upbringing has shown me up close how different groups can be (whether on a country-level or crazy-religious-subgroup-level). And I feel it made me a better, more empathic person as a result. I've also participated in initiatives that would bring together opposing groups. The primary approach would be talking about the differences or inter-group problems, but the biggest effect came from simply spending a lot of time together doing 'normal' things. And while the effects were not as amazing as one would hope, they seemed to be significant in helping these two groups get along. I can't help but wonder if this is perhaps the best approach to encourage different groups in society to work together or support each other: get rich (young) people to spend significant periods of time with poor people, and vice versa. Get people from different nationalities to truly experience, over a longer period of time, each other's cultures and lifestyles. But perhaps this is already very common, or perhaps most people are just not interested in such a thing.