I have recently become a fan of the HBO show True Blood, it's a fascinating show about vampires and the discrimination they face as they try to assimilate into society. While the existence of vampires might be somewhat far fetch, I wonder what it would be like if we discovered a different life form that desired to co-exist with humans. The immigration discussions in class yesterday identified a few misconceptions that are prevalent in our political discourse. That begs the question, would we as humans band together and deny them the right to co-exist with us or would we still maintain our deep seated distrust of even the very humans that are more like us than they are different?
I believe that the human condition is such that we are predisposed to highlight and shun our differences more than we are willing and able to accept them. So while another life form will be rejected outright by all and sundry we will still have issues accepting other humans.
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