Quotes & Sayings About Othering

It doesn't take a declaration, or an invasion, to start a war, all it takes is an 'us' and a 'them.' And a spark. — Ada Palmer

After President Obama's election, efforts at othering Obama quickly became about smearing his non-partisan allies and ambassadors. — Christine Pelosi

In all his imaginings, he had never envisioned her crying. He knew that her son had died, but he'd never expected that her pain might be anything he could recognize, almost as though he believed that Negroes had their own special kind of grieving ritual, another language, something other than tears they used to express their sadness. — Bebe Moore Campbell

He belongs to that fraction of humanity which for centuries has made other fractions the objects of contempt and exploitation, then, when it saw the handwriting on the wall, set about to give them back their humanity. — Trinh T. Minh-ha

Why, he wondered, did he have to peddle his difference for their amusement, and yet at the same time temper it, suppress it, make it suitably benign? — Leslie Parry

A "racist" thinks themselves better than other races. An "elitist" thinks they are better than everyone. — A.E. Samaan