Thursday, December 4, 2025

“𝘾𝘼𝙎𝙏: 𝘼 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙚𝙚 𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝘼𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚”

How do we portray people across political divides without reducing them to stereotypes? In this short clip, 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐔𝐒 Executive Director 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐧 explains the 𝘾-𝘼-𝙎-𝙏 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 — a powerful way to see others more accurately and more humanely. CAST stands for: 🔹 Complex — people are more than one-dimensional labels 🔹 Admirable — even opponents have strengths worth recognizing 🔹 Similar — we share far more values than we assume 🔹 Togetherness — look for opportunities to collaborate, not avoid This framework is especially relevant for: • creators • leaders • educators • anyone trying to bridge divides • anyone tired of outrage-driven caricatures If we want a healthier civic culture, we must start by seeing each other as human beings again. 👉 Listen to the full conversation in 𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟐𝟗𝟐 for more on misperceptions, polarization, and rebuilding trust. 🎧https://deratethehate.com/episodes/the-perception-gap-why-we-misjudge-each-other-and-how-to-fix-it-dth-episode-292-with-james-coan Please follow 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 on: X: https://twitter.com/DerateTheHate Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DerateTheHate Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/derate_the_hate 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕! www.DerateTheHate.com *𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑘, ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠 &/𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ.