Simple Tools for Taming Your Prejudices
By Dato’ Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
March 2025 EDITORIAL
I AM STRONGLY convinced that as long as children continue to be brought up to learn behaviours and imbibe ideas that certain groups of humans are inherently worth less than others, we can expect human civilisation to not be much more than an exercise in Damage Control.I am also convinced that attitudes of superiority—if they did not stem from feelings of insecurity, which they often do—sooner or later cultivate fear vis-à-vis those one dismisses as beings not worth the respect...
Dato’ Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His recent books include The Eurasian Core and its Edges: Dialogues with Wang Gungwu on the History of the World (ISEAS 2016). Homepage: wikibeng.com
