Mediators deflect ethnic chauvinism by reframing claims in historical context

Evidence

In this interaction Arash did not reject Pouya’s observation, but instead, knowing that it was the type of observation that had the potential to devolve into Persian exceptionalism or into Iranian and Arab tensions, Arash rerouted the observation back into historical context. He did so not by denying history but by pointing out that events are not historically one-sided and that experiences like these, be what they may, can produce unexpected innovations in culture. — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness, 477

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ethnic outbidding by Sinhalese parties drove ethnic polarization.