February 1, 2025
We’re not all alike. People and their customs take many forms— some of which we may not fully understand. What we don’t understand, we don’t trust. What we don’t trust, we fear. What we fear, we hate. How does the practice of “othering” affect us and our world?
We hope you enjoy reading our latest issue:
Four Winds Journal Winter 2025 – Collateral Damage 2 – The Others
In this second issue of the Collateral Damage series, we begin to explore the experiences of those subjected to othering in several populations: LGBTQ+ and Transgender individuals, Indigenous Americans, immigrants (documented and undocumented), and American seniors. Othering is a far-reaching, many-faceted issue, and with new pronouncements coming daily from the Little Shop of Horrors on Capitol Hill, we expect more developments. While we did not have room in this issue to include the unhoused members of our communities, we will do this in supplements, which we’ll publish online only throughout the Spring and Summer, and we invite our readers to share their own views on any of these topics.
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