“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.”

What does it mean?

Travel shows us that people everywhere share the same basic feelings and needs. Knowing this can help strangers understand each other and become friends.

Key vocabulary

bigotry

strong, unfair dislike of people who are different

peoples

nations or ethnic groups

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