Howl

byAlya Shandra

25/07/2015

1 minute read

Somali, December 1992. Photograph: John Martinez Pavliga

Howl

The border separating tolerance, respect for the individual (virtues lionized in the West, and cornerstones of the post-war western world after it parted ways with racism and colonialism) and egoism and self-obsession is a subtle one, often blurred. It’s good that it exists. It’s bad that the definition of this border is under an increasingly serious threat.

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