I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.
People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't.