Leadership is key, me thinks. I live in the "Motherland of Racism" and I cannot base this on any scientific data, just observations.
When Nelson Mandela became president, we had a lot of racism, he somehow, not with laws, but making sure he understands and supports all the races and cultures, and by gestures of tolerance, lead the whole nation to less racism, from all sides (black, white, brown and yellow-yes we have them all).
We, for instance have eleven official languages and he managed to make one nation of us. I think he must be one of the biggest leaders ever.
We still have a lot of problems, but let us hope we can get a leader that can help us again. Our election is next year.
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