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Wer sich für Begriffe wie #Ableismus #Othering #BIPoC #Intersektional
interessiert, was sie u.w. bedeuten, warum f*rbig nicht genutzt werden soll etc., kann dies z.B. im Duden® "Vielfalt - Das andere Wörterbuch" nachschlagen. Herausgeber ist @Sebastian

Darin Beiträge von @afelia @Natascha_Strobl @RaulKrauthausen @sixtus @chrisstoecker #FerdaAtaman u.v.m.

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Das Wörterbuch macht auch deutlich: Ausdrücke unserer sich dynamisch verändernden Gesellschaft

It really winds me up when a statement is made about "Americans" or "Brits" which equally applies to anyone regardless of nationality.

Why not use "people"?

I understand why [some] politicians use it as it rams home the group(s) they represent but when corporations or news outlets use it, it just feels like needless "othering" of people and suggests you don't care about them.

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Exakt auf der Ebene des #Othering ist die Verbindung zum #Rassismus gegeben.

Das das #Menschenbild im #SGBII darauf basiert, dass individuelle Menschen via Gesetzgebung zur Projektionsflaeche für soziale Ressentiments werden und daher erst in #Sanktionen gedacht werden kann, denn die Fremdzuschreibung wird behandelt als wäre sie ein Faktum, handelt es sich auch beim #Buergergeld um #Klassismus als Haltung.

Darüber sollte in einer ernst zu nehmenden #Debattenkultur gesprochen werden!

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Wenn also weder im #Journalismus noch in der politischen Debatte begriffen wird, warum das #Buergergeld / #SGBII nichts mit einer angeblichen "Hängematte" oder einem "Nichtstun" zu tun hat & zugleich die #Agenda2010 massiv den #Rassismus in Deutschland verstärkt hat, muss man zuerst begreifen, dass es sich bei dem Status #Armut um das Zusammenspiel komplizierter Zusammenhänge handelt & dem gegenüber eine Fremdzeichnung des Armutsbetroffenen auf der Ebene des #Othering diese Komplexitaet leugnet

'Absurdist': Jewish Artists Warn Against Germany's New Antisemitism Resolution (Haaretz, 2024-11-12)

lmy.de/OttKk
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*Gift link* from Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum
wisskomm.social/@mmzpotsdam/11

“Jewish artists and academics in Germany have come out strongly against a new government resolution aimed at combating antisemitism, with some warning that it may lead to a surreal situation where Jewish and Israeli human rights groups are deemed antisemitic by the German state.”

“Historian Prof. Miriam Rürup, who heads the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European Jewish Studies, says she saw a ‘shocking’ subtext in the resolution. ‘It speaks of Jews as a “gift” and of “our” gratitude that Jewish life exists in contemporary Germany.’ To her, this resonates as a division into ‘them’ and ‘us,’ effectively othering Jews.

“As a Jew in Germany, she declares, ‘I don't want to be seen as a gift.’"

#NieWiederIstJetzt #FakeAntisemitism #Othering
@palestine@lemmy.ml
@palestine@a.gup.pe
@israel

Everybody has the innate tendency to revert to #othering

All it takes is for a person to lose their grounding, lose their sense of security, lose their sense of belonging, to feel left behind.

Present such people with an easy to identify scapegoat and they will cling to it like a life raft.

We need to understand that issues such as #racism, #misogyny, #homophobia, #xenophobia, #transphobia are not the cause of the malaise. They're symptoms.

Treat the disease. The symptoms will follow.

so in past years i’d do real time commentary of the health of the festival operations…

…but in only 10 minutes its been A LOT and knowing how slapdash this year was and how nearly everyone appears “new”…

…i won’t be my standard snarky ass self and give thia year’s #slights, #privilege, and #othering “slide”…
mastodon.social/@filmfreak75/1

MastodonSean C. (@filmfreak75@mastodon.social)representing @filmfreakmafia at the #SQFF #OpeningNight screening of #Ponyboi2024 (SIFF Cinema Egyptian, 805 E Pine St, Seattle, WA) https://letterboxd.com/film/ponyboi-2024/

⚔️ Fear and Loathing on the Frontline: Decoding the Language of Othering by Russia-Ukraine War Bloggers

arxiv.org/abs/2409.13064

arXiv.orgFear and Loathing on the Frontline: Decoding the Language of Othering by Russia-Ukraine War BloggersOthering, the act of portraying outgroups as fundamentally different from the ingroup, often escalates into framing them as existential threats--fueling intergroup conflict and justifying exclusion and violence. These dynamics are alarmingly pervasive, spanning from the extreme historical examples of genocides against minorities in Germany and Rwanda to the ongoing violence and rhetoric targeting migrants in the US and Europe. While concepts like hate speech and fear speech have been explored in existing literature, they capture only part of this broader and more nuanced dynamic which can often be harder to detect, particularly in online speech and propaganda. To address this challenge, we introduce a novel computational framework that leverages large language models (LLMs) to quantify othering across diverse contexts, extending beyond traditional linguistic indicators of hostility. Applying the model to real-world data from Telegram war bloggers and political discussions on Gab reveals how othering escalates during conflicts, interacts with moral language, and garners significant attention, particularly during periods of crisis. Our framework, designed to offer deeper insights into othering dynamics, combines with a rapid adaptation process to provide essential tools for mitigating othering's adverse impacts on social cohesion.
#nlp#blogging#media
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@wdlindsy
🥥 If only Facebook and Zuckerberg were held to account for the original loathsome post that started spreading the vile, incendiary "migrants eating pets," hoax.
As a person of Jewish ancestry Eye am particular sensitive to blood libels, as Mr Zuckerberg SHOULD be. 🥥
#CatsAndDucks, #Racism, #Facebook, #Zuckerberg, #MigrantBashing, #BloodLibel, #Othering, #DefinitionOfLoathsone, #NadirOfUSPolitics, #TuckersBalls