If you can laugh with somebody and relate to somebody, it becomes harder to dehumanize them. I think … - Jehane Noujaim

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Jehane Noujaim

If you can laugh with somebody and relate to somebody, it becomes harder to dehumanize them. I think that most of what we are constantly bombarded with in terms of media leads you to a creation of 'the Other' and a dehumanization of 'the Other,' and it's very much an us-versus-them conversation.

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