sameness
Noun
Meaning
The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like.
Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.
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he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners
he hated the sameness of the food the college served
sameness of purpose kept them together
"In doing so we are acknowledging not so much our sameness to others or our difference, but rather the commonality that resides in our difference.
DuVernay’s work doesn’t expressly name what we might build in their place, but it demands that those of us watching resist the seduction of sameness disguised as slow progress, and imagine something greater: actual freedom.