Sorry if I seem pessimistic but this is only a part of it.
I am actually quite optimistic about the future. Very recent research on the human brain, impossible before modern scanners, is coming up with some, to me, astounding stuff. For instance it has been shown by tracing neural pathways that the receptors triggered by nicotine withdrawal are the same ones triggered if you were forced to watch someone being tortured.* No wonder smoking is so easy to give up.
So I'm always optimistic that we can overcome most things, given time but I believe that first we have to identify the problem. And if the problem proves to be an automatic defence mechanism then the sooner we can work on bypassing it the better. However there is another barrier. The people most likely to want to neutralise isms are the victims of isms and by definition are in the minority. Persuading the perpetrators to change is the biggie.
*Source: The Decisive Moment written by Jonah Lehrer or cop his website.
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Tue 1 Nov 2011, 11:59, 1 reply)

"The people most likely to want to neutralise isms are the victims of isms and by definition are in the minority. Persuading the perpetrators to change is the biggie.."
errrr no. Actually they are the 99%.

99% is not a minority.
(Gritty, yet fluffy. kipperpillock is obsessed with me =), Tue 1 Nov 2011, 14:25, closed)

Whoa there Bessie!
where did that sudden stat come from?
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Tue 1 Nov 2011, 15:21, closed)

I'm not sure who came up with the slogan. It shouldn't matter.
www.occupytogether.org/downloadable-posters/

But the people seem keen =)

Probably because:-
wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/

Click the link that says 'Allow Us to Introduce Ourselves'.

There is nearly 200 pages now, I've been reading it since it had 18. This is what happened to America.
(Gritty, yet fluffy. kipperpillock is obsessed with me =), Thu 3 Nov 2011, 4:41, closed)

***SWEEPING GENERALISATION ALERT***
The sound of massive leaps of logic being taken and wildly subjective conclusions being formed is ringing in my ears.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Tue 1 Nov 2011, 17:48, closed)