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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 […]

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The motivation of doctor and speaker Nothabo Ncube

July 3, 2018 admin doctor, McMaster University, nothabo ncube, People, Professionals, ted talks, Zimbabwe

Fourteen-year-old Nothabo Ncube’s promise to her dead mother would reverberate throughout her life. Her vibrant mom had been killed in a car accident. Gazing at her coffin in the stifling heat of the overstuffed church in Africa, Ncube’s knees were trembling, and she had to clutch her grandmother just to stay upright. Suddenly she heard a […]