The War, a Movie and Stereotyping

OK, so now we’re in a war and we’re tempted to slip into our cave-man survival mode: stereotyping. That very mechanism ensured our survival eons ago, but now it is a knee-jerk response that can keep us from achieving lasting peace in the Middle East.

We can’t have a “new world order,” or peace, without setting aside our all-too-human tendency to resort to the prejudicial stereotyping of nations and groups.

I plan not to see “Not Without My Daughter.” I’d rather not encourage that cave woman buried somewhere in my psyche.

ANN STRAUCH

Manhattan Beach