> _“People who detest , […] instead of trying to make differences go away, they accentuate them. How? By building group . […] If you want prejudice to go away, don’t tell people to be proud of their identities. Instead, ask them to focus on our common humanity – the sense that our differences are ‘only skin-deep.’ If you must have a sense of identity, make it not proud but casual.”_

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@tripu Hm, but group identitiy is dangerous as well. Nazis used it, Americans use it, i would guess russians as well?
If you want to make predjudice go away, maybe encourage people to embrace the complexity of life?

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I think that's what he's saying: don't put so much weight on identity, don't dwell on differences.

Seems constructive advice to me.

@tripu I don't disagree, i just wanted to widen the view insofar that extremes are not helpful. You know, caution people from going to extremes.

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