inclusive alternatives.
If we are ever going to critique and talk about problems, we also have to be willing to work on solutions
inclusive alternatives.
If we are ever going to critique and talk about problems, we also have to be willing to work on solutions
be entirely erased.
YES! It is impossible, and therefore cannot be a solution
President Obama is keenly aware of how readily public passions may be inflamed when stoked by strategic othering.
the importance of word choice
demagoguery is not an inevitable feature of political life in periods of geopolitical change or economic turmoil. It is a strategy dependent upon the choices of political actors.
It is a strategic choice made by those in power to stay in power
humanity has made tremendous progress toward tolerance, inclusion, and equality.
Is it really progress, or just change? humanity as a whole or is this a particular group?
“Othering” is a term that not only encompasses the many expressions of prejudice on the basis of group identities, but we argue that it provides a clarifying frame that reveals a set of common processes and conditions that propagate group-based inequality and marginality. Although particular expressions of othering, such as racism or ethnocentrism, are often well recognized and richly studied, this broader phenomenon is inadequately recognized as such.
it is better to have a broader word for this because not every group has a name so easily identifiable
n which he refused to use the term
denial?
It is not just religion or ethnicity alone that explains each conflict but often the overlay of multiple identities with specific cultural, geographic, and political histories and grievances that may be rekindled under certain conditions.6
reminds me of the definition of genocide
group-based
which groups?