The Origin of Others

Recommended by Michelle Williams, Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

“What motivates the human tendency to construct Others? … Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid?” These are some of the questions the great Toni Morrison reflected on in her lectures. In her signature ornate and deeply lyrical manner, she examines the persistence of racism, bigotry, and intolerance in a world where we still have to demonstrate that … Black lives matter.