Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Exposure to different cultures through travel reduces prejudice and narrow thinking.
- In plain terms
- Traveling helps you stop hating people you do not know.
- What can you take from it?
- Use travel to overcome bias.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does exposure change views?
- What stops people from traveling?
Another view
Travel alone does not guarantee open-mindedness for everyone.
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