Ignorance as a deliberate choice, can be used to reinforce prejudice and discrimination.

Ian Leslie
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The lack of knowledge does not mean that people are ignorant or uneducated. It means that they have chosen to be so. When you choose to be ignorant, you are reinforcing your own prejudices and discrimination. People often become prejudiced and discriminatory because they don’t know better. They are too lazy to research the issues and ask what really is the truth.

Source: Curious: The Desire To Know And Why Your Future Depends On It

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