Yes..its your mentality. The way you look at things and how other people/factors influence you.
I was a racist (You cannot call its racism..but a kind)
until I was 15 yrs old
I hated Pakistanis. Just because they fought war with us, the history, and particularly the propaganda by the politicians and particularly because India kept losing to Pakistan in cricket
But When finally some light came into my head, I realized they were just human beings like us