Politics

Ferguson, Immigration, and ‘Us Vs. Them’

Not Like Us?

Reactions to both events are driven by ignorance, disregard, and dehumanization of an underclass of people of color.

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In his brilliant book At Home: A Short History of Private Life, Bill Bryson describes the relationship between servants in mid-19th-century England and their masters/employers: “Perhaps the hardest part of the job was simply being attached to and dependent on people who didn’t think much of you….Servants

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