Excellent essay. In recent years I too have been gobsmacked at how mean spirited, racist, and sexist we're become. Beyond our unwillingness to redress systemic elements, we now have electronic media that ridicules our better angels and amplifies our hate and fears. Plus, we have become increasingly recalcitrant in defense of out ignorance. But if humans were innately such uncooperative creatures we would have gone extinct several 1000 years ago. Take a look at my book or some of my medium missives. SERFS UP!