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insensitivity

noun as in numbness

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The causes for these struggles are complex, but scholars cite a history of discrimination, family and community trauma, limited opportunities, cultural insensitivity embodied by higher suspension rates and low expectations from educators.

You don’t overcome that edge by throwing another rhetorical pity party for voters who are supposedly drowning in tears at the cost of a tankful for their Ford F-150s, nor by busting out another display of wounded indignation at your opponents’ insensitivity.

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"Insensitivity to diversity reminds us how Nazis grew their ranks ... We should not confuse it with something rude, apolitical or insensitive. It heralds danger."

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"Insensitivity to diversity reminds us how Nazis grew their ranks. Belittling people with disabilities was one of their dangerous hallmarks. We should not confuse it with something rude, apolitical or insensitive. It heralds danger."

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The Pennsylvania senator has also gleefully mocked pro-Palestine activists, drawing accusations of insensitivity and willful ignorance towards Palestinian suffering now and historically under Israeli occupation and blockade.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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