There’s a song by Rodgers and Hammerstein from the musical South Pacific, which opened in 1949. The song, “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught,” controversial at the time, remains as relevant today as it was then. Consider these lyrics:

You've got to be taught before it's too late
Before you are six or seven or eight
To hate all the people your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught

The song is about the fear and anger that many people feel about those we perceive as being different from us and how we pass along these attitudes to our children. In today’s polarized environment, this song seems especially relevant, as many families that purport to be........

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