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I seriously doubt it. Can it ever really disappear? Of course, all around us we can see positive change in this area, because we are lucky enough to live in Toronto. It is easy to be optimistic here. But what about in places like Israel, Sri Lanka, or countless other nations, towns, streets and homes around the world where ancient tensions are continually renewed? Obviously it will take longer than a century for such a disappearance to occur, if it ever does. It is all we can do to make the individual choice to accept millennia of human vice and violence, put our differences aside and work for a good life together. This does not mean we are not racist. Racism runs deeper than what we say, think and do; it is inscribed in hegemony, and in our subconscious, collectively and individually. But this does mean that we have made the choice to improve, and for me, this is enough. Perhaps on the day that we have all made this choice an entire generation will be raised in an environment untainted by racist ideas and activities. Then we can begin to talk realistically of an end to racism.