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How to Open Minds (Lessons from Her Dog)
Irshad Manji, founder of the Moral Courage Project at the University of Southern California and author of Don't Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times (St. Martin's Press, 2019), uses her adoption of her dog Lily, counter to her cultural upbringing, to explore the broader issue of overcoming prejudice and intolerance.
"It’s not diversity that divides people, it’s what we do with it that divides people... I’m very much about inclusion, I’m very much about pluralism. When we slap labels on ourselves and other people we reduce each of us to something less than we actually are," says @IrshadManji.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 26, 2019"We on the Left... we’re the ones who talk a good game about diversity and inclusion, we have to live up to that if we’re going to have credibility in getting the hold outs to come over on this side," says @IrshadManji. pic.twitter.com/p2RLvsLlGi
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 26, 2019"Give them the time and space to be skeptical, even critical. Because you’ve asked them how they feel, and listened, they will feel morally obliged to hear you out." 2/2 https://t.co/XF1tOcWJ1F
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 26, 2019
→ EVENT: Catch Irshad Manji in conversation with Jonathan Haidt tonight 2/26 at 6pm at the NYU Bookstore, 726 Broadway (near Waverly Place).