re: #13 Ascher

I’m not discounting collective memory (props to Jung), however, experience is a far more powerful motivator.

The child may fear what is on the next block over, but as he experiences that reality, his fear dissipates. The ‘other’ is not as different, or evil, or as scary as he thought- or was told. The same is true of collective experiences- and that is why the integration of minority immigrant communities into American society has been so successful. America has creates a climate of freedom for all, not repression or oppression.