Identity Intersectionality/Interrelation

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How do we develop ourselves (our identities) in a world with as much toxic disagreement as we find ourselves in? What should center us? How do we then engage with those who disagree with us on fundamental issues in a way that is healthy, moral, and responsible while recognizing the humanity of those who occupy very different places on the ideological spectrum and who perhaps even see us in ways that challenge the ways we see ourselves or even offend us? This course will look as some general overarching issues, such as so-called cancel culture, calling out vs. calling in, different conceptions of justice, including Le Moyne's favored model of restorative justice, and specific issues in how to have difficult conversations on matters of strong disagreement. We will think about how we conceive of ourselves in terms of our identity. This includes how our identity affects how we relate to others, both those who share those identities and those who don't. We will also think about how to relate to those who have defined our or their own identities in ways that we strongly disagree with.