The Psychology Of Dehumanization

Guest: Emile Bruneau, PhD, Research Associate, Lecturer, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Lead Scientist, Beyond Conflict Innovation Lab Throughout history humans have justified atrocities by defining victims as subhuman, often quite openly. European American dealings with Indians, white Southerners justifying slavery, and Nazis massacring Jews. But how much do we really know about how dehumanizing happens? Can the process be changed?