Diversity is a fact of the social world; however, it can also be a problem if it leads to the valorisation of ethnic or racial identities. The social structures that inform the problems that arise from differences are based on historical, geographical, social, political, and economic stratifications; as well as on thought paradigms that either explicitly or implicitly promote the proliferation of binaries between “us and them”. We argue that an uncritical uptake of the African philosophy of ubuntu may inadvertently support negative identity binaries. Particularly, we argue that a conception of ubuntu premised on unity is – paradoxically – in danger of fostering disunity between communities. In place of “unity”, we explore, and argue for, an interpretation of ubuntu premised on “relationality”. Specifically, we argue that “relationality” is capable of incorporating both identity and difference.

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尼日利亚和南非的族裔和种族物价上涨：Ubuntu可能会如何损害或帮助

多样性是社会世界的事实；但是，如果导致族裔或种族身份的增值也可能是一个问题。告知因差异而产生的问题的社会结构是基于历史，地理，社会，政治和经济分层的；以及在思维模式上，明示或暗示地促进了“我们与他们”之间的二进制文件的扩散。我们认为，对非洲ubuntu哲学的不加批判的采用可能会在无意中支持负面的身份二进制文件。特别是，我们认为，以统一为前提的Ubuntu的概念自相矛盾地存在着加剧社区之间不团结的危险。我们代替“统一”，探索并主张以“关系”为前提的对ubuntu的解释。具体来说，