The document discusses the causes of conflict including greed, inequality, stereotypes, and prejudice. It notes that creating divisions between groups through stereotypes can have far-reaching negative consequences. However, it offers hope by quoting leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Margaret Mead, and Lao Tzu, emphasizing that small committed groups can work to change attitudes and promote peace through understanding and reducing enmity between all people.

1. Conflict Stereotypes
and Peace
Changing the world one life at a time
by Javed Mohammed
javed_mohammed@hotmail.com

2. Many parts of the world are on fire!

4. There are many causes of Conflict
• Greed, Land, Power
• Have, Have-not
• Safety, Social Justice, Violence
• Beliefs, Values, Stereotypes
• Prejudice, Bias, Discrimination
• Opposition to government, ideology
• Inequality, Threat (or perception of threat)
• Superiority, Past history
• Cultural hegemony

5. Us & Them works for a while

6. Until we realize we have much in
common

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“We never get rid of an
enemy by meeting
hate with hate; we get
rid of an enemy by
getting rid of enmity.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

11. It’s easy to create stereotypes

13. But the consequences are far reaching

14. “First they came for the Jews”
Pastor Niemoller
First they came for the Jews, and I did not speak up, for
I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the communists, and I did not
speak up for I was not a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not
speak up, for I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me, and there was no one left to
speak up for me.

15. But there is hope

16. Margaret Mead
Never doubt that a small
group of thoughtful,
committed people can change
the world. Indeed, it is the
only thing that ever has.

18. Bob Dylan
Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know I can see through your
masks.

19. If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart
.
Lao Tzu (570-490 B.C.)

23. Or what’s on your head

24. You too can be a super-hero

26. It is important to provide alternative
dreams

32. I am a Muslim so that makes me