Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles
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Located on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, the Museum of Tolerance opened in 1993 with the major purpose of challenging visitors to confront bigotry and racism in general (including their own), and to reach a better understanding of the Holocaust. The purpose became clearly evident to me when I first entered the Museum. Passing through the downstairs entrance, there were two upstairs doors through which to enter the MuseumĘs exhibits. One of the doors was marked "prejudiced" and the other was marked "non-prejudiced." You have to ask yourself the question, are you prejudiced before choosing an entrance. The trick is the "non-prejudiced" door proves to be a fake; it cannot be opened because the Museum wants to bring home the point that everyone is prejudiced in one way or another, or 't least everyone has judged someone else at some time based on their ethnic, religious or racial background. I found this concept to be the most intriguing of all I experienced at the Museum as it made me instantly do a quick review of my own ideas or behavior toward other groups, although I also believe that
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