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I have nothing to add but a quick story about my family: one of my relatives is very protective of her children to the point of them being flat out sheltered. one day, she took her first child to the mall for the first time. I think she was 4 or 5. she started crying hysterically upon entering the mall and hid behind my relative. she asked, what's wrong with those people?? are those monsters??
she was talking about black people.
I think not being repulsed or uncomfortable around others not like yourself can be fixed by simply being around those who are different more often.
that was the first time she had seen a black person before and she was scared because their skin was dark. I wonder if you were around others with actual deformities all the time, you would become used to it?
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