Periagoge
Scenario

How to respond to casual dehumanization of incarcerated people

My coworker makes jokes about prisoners being lazy but her husband got disability after his back injury and somehow that is different in her mind.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Selective empathy reveals the social construction of deserving and undeserving suffering.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mass incarceration — causes and critique?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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