a galilean - 4th week lent saturday

There are a lot of accusations hurled against Jesus:  he constantly violated the Sabbath laws, he claimed that he is equal to God, he drove out the merchants from the temple, he is the prince of demons and so many others.  But there is one accusation in our gospel today that may come to us as shocking and even mindboggling.  And what is the accusation?  He is a Galilean.  

There are accusations which one can engage, wrestle and argue with.  But how do you argue a charge that people should not believe in you, people should ignore all the miracles that you did, all the fine words that you said, all the good deeds that you made, because you are a Galilean.  

There is one article I read which asks, is racism taught, is regionalism taught, is gender bias taught?  No, it is not actively taught by parents or by communities or schools, the article says.
 It comes naturally, it comes like the air we breath.  When we come to school we instinctively figure out who is nice and who is not, who is a nerd and who is a jock, who is a bully and who gets beaten.  It is the us and them mentality, it’s ingrained in our nature to be naturally inclined to our in-group and to hold suspect the other group.  The article concludes that it is therefore important for parents and teachers to actively teach their children not to be racist, not to be biased and not to be bigoted. You don’t have to teach racism for we are already naturally inclined to become one.  But you have to actively teach not be a racist.

The example of Nicodemus must be put to mind when he asks the leaders of the people "Does our law condemn a man before it first hears himand finds out what he is doing?"