Last month, the U.K. voted to leave the European Union. Observers have offered many reasons to
Last month, the U.K. voted to leave the European Union. Observers have offered many reasons to explain why over 50 percent of Brits voted to leave the EU: globalization, Islamophobia, anti-immigration sentiments, austerity, and even a theory that correlates leave votes to authoritarian values. But the lasting impression in the media and around London is that enlightened elites voted “in” and uneducated racists voted “out.” Writer and London resident Felicia L. Montalvo wants to challenge the binary thinking behind this message:“Each side believes they are the heroes the world needs and neither is capable of admitting they might be part of the problem. But the “us” versus “them” mentality is an illusion; a powerful political narrative that we’ve swallowed in the lead up to every civil war, world war, cold war, and war on terror we wage everyday on people we can label “other.” It trains us to ignore empathy and suffering—and place ourselves in comfortable ideological boxes.”Read Montalvo’s piece here.Photo by Alex (Creative Commons) -- source link
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