Racism is Taught..... or Not?

(I STOLE THIS QUESTION FROM MRS. TAITE : )

This is just something that Mrs. Taite had suggested for a hartness discussion question in class. She briefly and rhetorically asked if we thought racism was taught or not. I dont know if this is a one sided argument, but I just thought it would be a neat thing to write about. Try to write about anyway.
I believe that racism must be taught. How would someone know about racism unless someone else told them about it. Unless racism is something genetic or something. Personally i think racism is all in our heads. Its like saying, a cow with five black spots is not as good as a cow with four white spots. Or like saying that a white pigeon is smarter than a grey pigeon. How is that even supported in any way? I think if you tell someone that they are inferior, and have them believe it as a fact, THEN they become inferior. Decades ago in our society it was thought that whites were superior to all other races. I know this isnt what everyone thought, its just an example. However nowadays this illusion no longer exist. Atleast it does not seem to be as evident.
Unless you told me when i was little, that all purple people are dumb and all they are good for is garden work as a fact, then i would slowly believe you. If everyone else i knew believed that to be true as well then i would definatley take it to be true.
Then if you went over and told all the purple kids that they are dumb and only good for garden work, and all of the grown up purple peole thought that as well, then all the purple kids would believe that to be true as well.
This is how i think racism is taught. If noone told me purple people were dumb, and noone told the purple people, do you think anyone would think that they were inferior? Well of course not, because everyone really is equal right?
The point of this is not that we should just shut up and stop talking about racism. Although i dont think it would be such a bad idea. My point is simply that... Yes, i do believe that racism is just taught and learned, and that it is just in our heads. We need to get over it, and past it.


QUESTION:

DO YOU THINK THAT... IF WE DIDN'T TELL THE NEXT GENERATION ANYTHING ABOUT RACISM, AND THEY NEVER FOUND OUT THAT SUCH A THING EVER EXISTED, THAT IT WOULD ERADICATE THE WHOLE ISSUE???