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The OTHER: do we have an us-versus-them mindset?

January 16, 2020 admin a professor of sociology, Canada, canadian immigration, Community, Discrimination, ethnicity, Featured, immigrants, immigration, isolation, McMaster University, newcomers, other, othering, vic satzewich

Credit to Author: Ramya Ramanathan| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:20:10 +0000

The concept of self requires the existence of “the other.” Sociologists use the concept of “othering” to describe how differences are understood and identities are constructed. People often assume that because someone has a different skin tone or dresses differently or has a different accent, they may not have much in common with them. They […]