A Perfect World?

Many people have been calling for all forms of discrimination to end.  Although this may be a nice thought, it is fundamentally impossible for all forms of discrimination to ever end.  We as humans naturally move away from something or someone that is different, and tend to fight what those differences are.  The best we can do as a society is try to better ourselves and our communities to try to keep an open mind and respect everyone.  This philosophy is perfectly represented in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  Huck is trying his best to be open to Jim and his ideals and beliefs, but he can't help but also feel the ideals he was taught before meeting Jim, that he was superior just because of his race.  And no matter how much Huck changed, the world around him never did, resulting in a little impact on Jim's well being as a slave.  Huck was also flawed in his own thinking in regards to Jim and all the slaves.  When thought about Jim, he would think, "he was right; he was most always right; he had an uncommon level head" (Twain 87).  This proves Huck would sometimes think Jim had little knowledge and wisdom just because he was slave.  Huck could not fight those thoughts even he mostly knew they were wrong but couldn't fight what he was taught to believe.  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a perfect example of how all forms of discrimination can never be gone from the world and all we can do as people is try to fight it.