“We tend to push out the people who have qualities we’re most afraid we will find in ourselves – and sometimes we falsely ascribe qualities we disown to certain groups, then push those groups out as a way of denying those traits in ourselves. This is what drives dominant groups to push different racial and religious groups to the margins.”

“We tend to push out the people who have qualities we’re most afraid we will find in ourselves – and sometimes we falsely ascribe qualities we disown to certain groups, then push those groups out as a way of denying those traits in ourselves. This is what drives dominant groups to push different racial and religious groups to the margins.”

— Melinda French Gates