"What interested me was the position of someone different in society," the director told the LA Times.
When people just see the possibility of someone different being at the table, and you come with your background and different viewpoints than maybe have been represented – it really matters.
"Couldn't we just have one year of someone different, to see what it's like?" grumbles one resident of Lomé, the sultry capital.Six candidates ran for president last weekend, but only one face appeared on the ubiquitous billboards.
Still, scientists have shown that we tend to use the MPFC most when we are trying to understand the minds of intimate others e.g. a spouse or a good friend and less when trying to understand the mind of someone "different"—e.g. a member of a different cultural group or opposing political party.
I think the media is doing a better job with this than it has with other [such events], contextualizing the violence, reporting [mental illness] success stories, but the nature of the beast [is] people are afraid of someone different.
And the best way to honor it and keep it alive is to do something loving -- whether it's protecting your country or a child, looking for justice, or seeking a better understanding of someone different than you.
