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		mshake2 on Jan 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tech companies are quietly defunding diversity ple... "The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth" - African proverb

ohCh6zos on Jan 22, 2023 [–]

I'm glad I don't believe in that proverb or I'd be much more guarded against out groups.

MattPalmer1086 on Jan 22, 2023 | [–]

Seems like a perfectly good proverb to me. It's saying don't create out groups that have no sympathy for you by excluding them from society. Not that you should increase your distrust of out groups!

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