Monday, September 17, 2007

Foreigners

"If I am a foreigner, there are no foreigners."
Julia Kristeva "Strangers to Ourselves"

If we can at times do things that surprise us, and have feelings that seem uncharacteristic for us, then we can better understand the actions and feelings of those who are different than us. This could be the key concept to erradicating hate, but the problem is, uncharacteristic actions or feelings aren't something you can force on a person. But it may be interesting to design a campaign around this concept, to help people who have had "foreign" feelings understand it in this way.

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