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The Way Out: Overcoming Toxic Polarization, with Dr. Peter T. Coleman | Village SquareCast

The Democracy Group

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Building Productive Relationships

In this chapter, the speakers discuss the concept of positive deviance and the idea of building productive relationships. They also address the question of privilege in having conversations about difficult topics and whether it can be expected of everyone. One of the speakers shares their personal background growing up in poverty and how that informs their understanding of people who support figures like Trump. They also discuss strategies for navigating conversations with family members who hold extreme views.

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