I'm just not sure how more normal education is going to help anymore than we already have? Of course everyone could use more education, but is it going to help minimize racial tendancies any more than the education currently available? I have my doubts.
Now cultural diversity, I 100% agree with, but also torn. Because although I believe to truly understand other people, we must live within their environment and lifestyle. However when cultures intermix, it seems to then suppress the culture to a degree.
Clothes, fads, traditions, become mixed and thus loses a bit of the culture they once had.
So how do we mix cultures for educational purposes without also losing some of it due to the infiltration of another culture aimed at learning more of the first culture? It seems in order for cultures to maintain their individualism, they need communities that cater to such culture without interference from outside cultures.
I want to go back to the education again. I'm not sure I agree with your number 1. Sure it broadens knowledge, but there are many well educated racist people out there. Is it possible that our educational system(universities) may have an aid in this?
We have black colleges and white colleges and black frats and white frats, etc.
I'm not so sure college education will help towards taming racism. In fact, I think it helps cement the thoughts of those who enter college with a bigoted viewpoint. Many colleges are still very segratory.