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American Life: Living Under Someone Else’s Fear
Read more: American Life: Living Under Someone Else’s FearBefore anyone feels the urge to say, “Then go back to where you came from,” let me save you the trouble. After you. Let’s be clear. This country wasn’t discovered, and it certainly wasn’t settled through peace or consent. It was seized through violence and displacement—a history that still shapes how the disease of unease…
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How Labels Can Dehumanize and Uphold Injustice
Read more: How Labels Can Dehumanize and Uphold InjusticeThroughout history, language has been used not only to describe, but to distort reality. It can make cruelty feel like order, exclusion sound like good policy, and violence appear like it’s necessary for progress. Labels turn people into abstractions, helping those in power stay distant from empathy and accountability when moral clarity threatens their status…
Lence in Layers 