I, I, I, me, me, me.
Selfishness is racism to the exclusion of all else. All the babies are selfish. Selfishness/racism is born out of not being able to feel anyone other than yourself... until you finally realize that all the other people feel the same way. You need to be trained to understand that other people are feeling the racism just as you are. Once this happens, you can make the choice to step out of racism.
Racism is inborn and inbred. Laying racism aside is something that has to be trained.