C.P Ellis

I think that Ellis's story does offer a credible way to overcome misunderstandings and hatred between races.  The main reason racism occurs is because of biased notions that are instilled on you through others you are around, and they have no real backing except hate for no apparent reason.  Ellis is able to see past this by opening up his mind that was once hard-headed, and seeing past the unreasonable hatred.  Once he was able to open himself up to others, he realized that all his notions about the black race, was not true.  He didn't accept the black race as humans with real emotions and feelings, but once he stopped and began to work with a black woman he saw that all human beings have the same emotions and feelings as whites.  I don't think this solution would work on a larger scale because I don't think a lot of people that come from that extreme of a racial back-round like Ellis are able to open their minds eaisly.  If you have grown up knowing one thing your whole life like a member in the Klan it is an extremely rare thing for one to suddenly have this change in mind or realization about life.  I think that Ellis is rare in that he was able to expand his views about life to something he never knew to be true before.