When we get trapped into a narrow world view we begin to see all others who don’t share our world view as misinformed, not smart, or bad. One way to prevent being trapped by a narrow world view is to dive deep into our self. When we begin to question our personal thoughts and beliefs we place them under scrutiny. Here’s an example from my past. When I was living with my parents, I was about 16 years old, my dad had an ethnic pecking order. Italians, of course, were at the top of the pecking order. Near the bottom of the pecking were the Portuguese. One Sunday, after mass, my dad praised the priest for the serman he gave. I don’t know where I got the courage but I said, Father Viera is Portuguese. I wasn’t sure if I crossed a line. Then he shook his head. From that day on he never said a negative word about the Portuguese at least in my presence. I think the facts confronted his bias and he recognized the fallacy of his thinking.