Systemic Humiliation in America Finding Dignity within Systems of De
This volume explores contemporary social conflict, focusing on a sort of violence that rarely receives coverage in the evening news. This violence occurs when powerful institutions seek to manipulate the thoughts of marginalized people—manufacturing their
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EDITED BY DANIEL ROTHBART
Systemic Humiliation in America
Daniel Rothbart Editor
Systemic Humiliation in America Finding Dignity within Systems of Degradation
Editor Daniel Rothbart School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution George Mason University Arlington, VA, USA
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Preface
“Why can’t they treat us like human beings?” he asked me. He was a Sudanese peacemaker and referring to the violent treatment that his people—the Fur tribe—had endured as a result of decades of conflict with their government. He knew about many forms of violence—the bombs and bullets, the tactics of political oppression, and policies that foster extreme poverty. He knew also about an intangible sort of violence that is particularly corrosive to the soul of his people. This is a violence of orchestrated denigration that warps the self-image of the Fur, making them feel inferior and disgraced for being born as descendants of slaves. This is a violence of large-scale humiliation manufactured as part of the government’s divide-and-rule strategy in the conflict-ridden nation, implemented in government-sponsored campaigns to denigrate tribal culture, remove references to the past tribal glories from history textbooks, and severely limit their access to the channels of political power. My conversation led to my reflection later about the k
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