Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
I find that once you start helping others, it makes you feel better about yourself. It helps you figure out what you want to do with your own life.
Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still allows us to regard those who may keep us from financial gain as less than equals.

