I think empathy is the only cure to racism. Funny coincidence: MDMA was originally known as "empathy" instead of "ecstasy".<p>It's also the only psychedelic I'm aware of where there is no such thing as a bad trip. For example, putting people in a hospital room alone and then in an MRI machine would certainly cause a bad trip for some people on LSD or mushrooms, but this guy had a great time on MDMA (and anyone else would as well.)<p>It is mildly neurotoxic, though it seems the neurotoxicity is only an issue when you take it too frequently (more than 3x/year) or too much (over 2.5 mg/kg.)<p>Another interesting somewhat-related story is that of Daryl Davis. No MDMA involved, but lots of empathy and understanding.