Alienate
Push
Push verb - To apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one.
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The hip white teacher (Gosling) turns out to be a drug addict and massive hypocrite, which only serves to alienate his black protege and push her into the arms of the neighborhood drug dealer (Anthony Mackie).
Source: White Man's Burden
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