This letter is in response to Mr. Abdullahi Ahmed’s Jan. 6 op-ed (“Dehumanization of Somali community is a warning sign Maine can’t ignore“). I agree, the current administration’s strategy of ...

The question was raised by someone who had read a news story about a Department of Education report noting that black children make up 18 percent of preschool enrollment but represent 42 percent of ...

Abdullahi Ahmed, Ed.D., of Portland is a naturalized citizen who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia. He has worked for the Portland Public Schools since 2001.

Dehumanization involves redefining the targets of prejudice and violence by making them seem less human (that is, less civilized or less sentient) than other people. The classic strategy for this is ...

America's founding ideals are being challenged by how we treat each other. Dehumanizing rhetoric leads to discrimination, exclusion, and violence. OneJax promotes building bridges of understanding and ...

When you see the president or other politicians use terms like “animals” or, even worse, “infestation” (a term usually reserved for insects), they are engaging in dehumanization. People use ...

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. In understanding what makes Donald Trump and his MAGA movement unique, I would argue it is both their incitement to violence and their dehumanization of opponents.

Citations: Kteily, Nour, G. Hodson, E. Bruneau. 2016. "They See Us As Less Than Human": Meta-Dehumanization Predicts Intergroup Conflict Via Reciprocal Dehumanization. Journal of Personality and ...