It was astounding! These subjects had already been shown to have racial prejudice to at least some degree. And even if one did not have stereotyped beliefs, it was thought that at least the negative emotional bias against other groups was a deeply ingrained, automatic human response, something beyond our conscious control. But now, it seemed that this fundamental innate human response, a response that was at the root of prejudice, hatred, conflict, and even violence—the Us Against Them response—could be quickly and easily extinguished. In fact, all we need is the deliberate intention to look
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