DEBATE: Those Who Preach the Loudest About Inclusion Are Excluding Others Behind the Scenes

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I have long followed how the concept of inclusion has evolved — or rather how it has gradually eroded. What was once a deeply human and educational vision has in many contexts been transformed into a convenient buzzword, a rhetorical tool that people use to appear moral, progressive, and empathetic. I am not tired of the word inclusion itself. I am tired of the hypocrisy surrounding it, writes Girma Berhanu, professor of special education at the…