bigotry
Being cognitively aware on a surface level that your friends and coworkers experience rampant prejudice is different from having it directed at you.
Read...This story of two strangers at a park reminds us of the value in human kindness and friendship. Friendship amidst bigotry.
Read...Some backward thinking people seem to think that being racist is the same as being Patriotic. A racist postcard was sent out targeting two board candidates.
Read...Jews are again faced with the stark reality that antisemitism is alive and well within the United States.
Read...There is anger today. It is visceral. It’s on Facebook. It’s on Twitter. It’s in the streets of the cities of America.
Read...Two weeks after the UK voted out of the European Union, the dust has not yet settled. With the PM quitting, the Sterling dropping, and no apparent Brexit-plan — the aftermath has left many feeling uncertain. In a tense climate of racial commentary and unprecedented abuse, Brexit, thus far, has not been favourable.
Read...Though there was useful commentary, deeply personal stories, and some incisive observations, my problem with the episode is that it ultimately repeats a harmful framework:
Fat people (nearly all women) were on trial and up for observation (their privacy already considered non-existent) — not the fatphobic bias that had so clearly shaped their lives.
Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement invites viewers to listen to trans and queer Latinx social movement leaders respond to the massacre, reflect on the communities targeted and analyze how the massacre stems from homegrown social ills in the United States.
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