Einstein's racism is all relative (SCMP)

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2. Humankind actually learns and changes over time.

Einstein was a man of his era.

There were many people with far less understanding of physics and science who were, although living at the same time that Einstein lived, far ahead of him in terms of placing value on all human life and realizing that we are all equal.

I grew up in an America that was very different than the America of today. Because of our religion, my family was not racist. But we knew that most Americans of the time of my childhood were racist.

Fortunately, we all can learn and change. But we can't impose the value system of today on people of the past. Life doesn't work like that.

We should remember to stay humble because, after all, not only are we changing, but the world around us is changing. We, ourselves, are not perfect. By no means.

Certain religions stood against slavery, but not always, not from the very beginning. People learned to condemn slavery. They learned. We are, fortunately, always learning.

That's what can give us hope. We don't have to be perfect right now as long as we are striving to be more perfect with each day. We are working toward being better people. We aren't perfect. We are working toward perfection. It all takes time. We do progress.