Dehumanization doesn’t always wear a uniform.
It doesn’t always shout.
Sometimes it whispers through ordinary habits; the way we speak, the way we rush, the way we stop seeing each other.
In Episode 5: Everyday Dehumanization, we turn away from the grand narratives of history and look at our daily lives.
How language, systems, and convenience quietly train us to see people as functions rather than as lives.
A coworker becomes a “resource.”
A student becomes a “score.”
A refugee becomes a “case.”
None of these acts feel cruel in the moment and that’s what makes them so dangerous.
Because culture is not built by monsters. It’s built by repetition.
And every small act of dismissal rehearses something larger.
This segment invites a slower gaze: to notice where empathy thins out in daily life, where efficiency replaces care, and where we allow convenience to outrun compassion.
It asks us to see that every small act, every word, every gesture, is a seed.
And what we normalize in the ordinary becomes the architecture of the extraordinary.
Because cruelty is not only taught in history.
It is practiced in daily life.
And the smallest act of attention can still change the direction of a culture.
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