1. Putnam’s types of social capital:
BREAKING
Social ties among an exclusive group who explicitly push away from other groups who are seen as dangerous or a threat.
BRIDGING
Social ties that link people
together with others across a cleavage that typically divides society. 
BONDING
Social ties that link
people together with others
who are primarily like them along
some key dimension. These are
genuinely easier to build than
bridging social capital.

2. Examples of bonding social capital:
family
BONDING
Social ties that link
people together with others
who are primarily like them along
some key dimension. These are
genuinely easier to build than
bridging social capital.
neighborhood

3. Examples of bridging social capital:
lgbtq
Social ties that link people
together with others across a cleavage that typically divides society. 

4. Examples of breaking social capital:
rwandan
genocide, 1994
BREAKING
Social ties among an exclusive group who explicitly push away from other groups who are seen as dangerous or a threat.
white nationalism

5. “[Trump] has a good idea: Keep ‘em out.”
THE RIGHT’S RESPONSE TO OTHERING —
“[Trump] has a good idea: Keep ‘em out.”
Muslims & Mexicans in the U.S.
Transgender military ban

6. “I don’t see race. I am colorblind.”
THE LEFT’S RESPONSE TO OTHERING —
“I don’t see race. I am colorblind.”
“All lives matter!”
“You & I are human. We are the same.”

7. The opposite of Othering is not “saming.”
Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society

8. It is belonging.
Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society