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Calling Out Callout Culture : 1A "Labels always come with baggage, baggage that society chooses ... let's not use those labels as finish lines. Don't decide I have nothing to learn from that person," author Irshad Manji told us.

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Calling Out Callout Culture

Calling Out Callout Culture

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Irshad Manji is a Canadian author, and educator at New York University. Her new book is "Don't Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times." RENÉ CLEMENT hide caption

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Irshad Manji is a Canadian author, and educator at New York University. Her new book is "Don't Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times."

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White. Black. Cisgender. Coastal elite. Racist. Bigot. Snowflake. Redneck.

Labels help us feel like we understand our world. They also are rarely well received from whoever we consider the "other."

The 2016 election left many wounded and labeling was one culprit.

How do we break this us-versus-them mentality, especially these days? For that matter, do we want to break it or are we afraid to peel back these labels and see the person underneath?

Irshad Manji is the founder of the Moral Courage Project. She tells us about her new book: "Don't Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times."