Acts that seek to contribute to social fragmentation and to disunify and divide people by "othering" and classifying people into two hierarchal groups, "them" and "us". **Othering** (or **Division**) can occur across many dimensions, including race, gender, sexuality, ability, politics, class, and more. Social institutions like the law, media, and education can play a role in othering by representing what is considered "normal" and what is considered "Other". Dividing one group of people into many starts by emphasizing differences and differentiating one group of people from another and changing the way one group thinks about another: - **[[2.1.0) Cognitive Division]]**: Promoting Identity-based hostility, polarized worldviews, othering, dehumanization, eroding trust in institutions and common facts. - (The Belief): "Group X is lazy and dangerous." - **[[2.2.0) Behavioral Division]]**: Acts of segregation, organized polarization, economic balkanization. - (The Action): "Therefore, we will segregate them, deny them loans, and draw district lines to ensure they have less political power." - **[[2.3.0) Institutional Division]]**: The formalization of division into law and policy (apartheid laws, discriminatory codes). - (The Entrenchment): These behaviors then become codified into **law** (Discriminatory Legal Frameworks) and **bureaucratic practice** (Bureaucratic Exclusion). ###### Corruption thus creates conditions in which conflict is more likely to occur **by fostering division between different groups** and eating away at the rule of law.[](https://www.transparency.org/en/news/cpi-2022-corruption-fundamental-threat-peace-security) --- - How Othering Contributes to Discrimination and Prejudice [](https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-othering-5084425) - <iframe src="https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-othering-5084425"height="1200" width="900"></iframe>