Empathy for Deplorables?
Neil Van Leeuwen

06 January 2017
The below-linked piece on racism and sexism in the election has the following passage on fighting prejudice, which for me raises an interesting philosophical / psychological problem:
To this end, theresearch还表明，以世界杯赛程2022赛程表欧洲区同情的方式接触特朗普的选民是有可能的，即使是那些今天的种族主义者或性别歧视者也不可能宽恕他们的偏见。事实上，有证据表明，削弱人们的种族偏见或其他偏见的最佳方式是通过坦率的、有同理心的对话。(Much more on that inmy in-depth piece on the research.) Given that, the best approach to really combating racism and sexism may be empathy.
The problem is just this: how is it possible for a non-racist to conjure up empathy for someone whose prejudices they find reprehensible? I can't see how to do it. I recently had an Uber driver who said something racist, and I couldn't help reviling her. Empathy for her? Forget it! So what to do?

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