The Common Enemy Model

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A lot of his trainings are based on a common enemy model, and that what other people are trying to put in its place is a sort of common humanity model. So tell us a little bit more about that model. We all have a common enemy, and the common enemy is each of us. And so we need to like, work on how that manifests. But ye, i could see it applying in that sort of limited way that you're meaning right now,. The common enemy is basically white people, for lack of a better way of putting it., he says.

Chloé Valdary is a writer and entrepreneur whose company, Theory of Enchantment, aims to offer a “human approach” to diversity and inclusion training.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Chloé Valdary discuss the flaws of the dominant paradigm in diversity, equity, and inclusion; why many of today’s interpersonal conflicts stem from a larger crisis of meaning; and how to engage in big debates about social issues without becoming a combatant in the culture war.

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