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Obama's Visit Stirs Rethinking On Race, Racism In China

Washington Post | Keith B. Richburg | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: Urbanization, Oriental Angel, Race in America, Economy, Wen Jiabao, Chocolate City, Economic Growth, Obama, Prejudice, Race, Guangzhou, Obama Visit, Foreign Policy, Racism in China, Beijing, Africa, Racism, Discrimination, Hong Kong, China, Rural China, World News

As the country gets ready to welcome the first African American U.S. president, whose first official visit here starts Sunday, the Chinese are confron...

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Aging: Giving Up 'Giving Up'

Jim Selman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Habits, Aging, Fear, Wisdom, Relationship, Values, Retirement, Transformation, Freedom, Future, Prejudice, Resentment, Growing Older, Choice, Eldering, Happiness, Living News
Jim Selman

What if wisdom has more to do with 'giving up' our beliefs and attachments than 'getting' more insights or having 'more, better and different' of whatever we think is important?

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Sex And The Illusion Of Physical Form

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Skin, Homosexuality, Illusion, Physical Form, Sex, Water, Prejudice, Srini Pillay Srinivasan Pillay, Love, Gender, Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

"Maya" is a Sanskrit term that refers to the "illusion" of physical and mental forms. If the physical form is in fact an illusion, who are you having sex with?

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Are Hispanics Just Plain Dumb? Many of Us Think So

Daniel Cubias | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Weakest Link, Game Shows, Latino, Freakonomics, Economics, Hispanic, Racism, Discrimination, Post-Race, Intellectualism, Prejudice, Salk Vaccine, Bigotry, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

White people will go out of their way to avoid looking like they're picking on black people. But when it comes to, say, Hispanics, all bets are off.

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Why Prayer Is Such a Political Football -- The Lord's Prayer Got Lost in the Mix

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Lord's Prayer, Hate, Transformation, Jesus, Christians, Christianity, Hateful Prayer, Prejudice, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

Time to dust off my Union Theological Seminary creds and weigh in on prayer.

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The Birthers and the Insurance Industry: The Latest in a Long Line of Conservative Coalition

Mike Lux | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Town Halls, Birthers, Insurance Industry, Prejudice, Elites, Bigotry, Politics News
Mike Lux

Insurance company execs are thrilled and excited to be sending money out to right wing groups to shout down citizens coming to town hall meetings to discuss health care reforms.

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Can You Order A Person Not To Be Racist?

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Srini Pillay, Shame, Gates, Racial Prejudice, Srinivasan Pillay, Racism, Obama, Prejudice, Amygdala, Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

I have not only come to understand that racial prejudice exists, but I have also come to expect and observe it more than react to it.

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The Gates Arrest: Racism? Not so much. Classism? You betcha!

Zondra Hughes | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Skip Gates, James Crowley, Classism, Prejudice, Henry Louis Gates, Post-Racial, Cambridge Police, Politics News
Zondra Hughes

This was a classic town vs. gown drama, a show-me-the-power move, and Gates slipped up.

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Crowley vs. Gates: The Heart of Prejudice

Ruth Bettelheim | Posted 08.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Racial Politics, Racial Prejudice, Media, Walter Cronkite, James Crowley, Henry Louis Gates, Prejudice, Racial Profiling, Journalism, Media News
Ruth Bettelheim

"Us v. them" arguments do not engage our rational reflective capacities, but instead inflame us with an exhortation to battle.

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Whiteous Indignation

Linda Milazzo | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Law Enforcement, Cigna, Congressman John Conyers, President Barack Obama, Sergeant James Crowley, Blue Line, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Prejudice, Racial Profiling, Single-Payer Health Care, End Racial Profiling Act, Governor Deval Patrick, Cambridge Massachusetts, Racism, H.R. 4611, Police Unions, Racial Inequality, Mayor Denise Simmons, 110th Congress, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

Be they the Sergeant Crowleys of America, the Aetnas or the Cignas, inequities will continue until The People make them end.

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Mayor Defends Firing Porn Star Husband to Avoid "Disruption"

Theresa Darklady Reed | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pornography, Anabela Mota Janke, Larry Kiker, Discrimination, Scott-Janke, Prejudice, Fort Myers Beach, Jazelle Moore, Politics News
Theresa Darklady Reed

Mayor Larry Kiker made national headlines this week by firing Scott Janke, the Fort Myers Beach, FL town manager, for marrying a woman who works in adult videos.

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Town Tells Manager: Marry a Porn Star and Lose Your Job

Theresa Darklady Reed | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pornography, Fort-Meyers, Scott-Janke, Adult Entertainment Industry, Jazelle Moore, Prejudice, Porn, Porn Star, Injustice, Larry Kiker, Politics News
Theresa Darklady Reed

Fort Myers Beach town manager Scott Janke was a great employee. Alas he's lost his job -- because the Town Council doesn't like what his wife does for a living.

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Judge Sotomayor, Republican Inquisitors, and the Fallacy of Immaculate Perception

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Relativism, Perspectivism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Prejudice, Repulicans, Jon Kyl, Gadamer, Politics News
Robert D. Stolorow

What judges must do is reflect upon one's preconceptions and prejudices so that they do not unconsciously determine one's decisions and actions.

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Umpires, Perspective, and the Supreme Court

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Strike, Prejudices, Judicial Philosophy, Perspective, Judge Sotomayor, Prejudice, Confirmation Hearing, Limited Vision, Baseball, Diversity, Senator Jeff Sessions, Application, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Roberts, Umpire, Little League Baseball, Little League, Justice, Chief Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Jim Wallis

The claim that any human is able to remain unaffected by their background or have a purely objective view of any case is to claim a quality that belongs only to God: omniscience.

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Can White Men Shed Their Prejudices Better Than Others?

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sodomy, Supreme Court, Homosexual, White Privilege, Hearings, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Lewis Powell, Senate Confirmation, Prejudice, Race, Politics News
Nathaniel Frank

The implication of Sessions' inquisition was that, as a white male with no distinguishing "heritage" to speak of, he and his ilk can make judgments totally free of feelings, belief, or experience.

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Why do White People Have to Outscore Everybody Else on Tests? And Other Questions You've Wondered but Didn't Dare Ask!

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ricci v. Destefano, Whites, Supreme Court, Education, Conservatives, Judges, Sonia Sotomayor, Racism, Conservatism, Fire, Race, Prejudice, Politics News
Richard M. Benjamin

How can public institutions achieve "diversity" in a way that's fair and legal?

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Sci-Fi Morality: Could Aliens Save Us from Prejudice?

Jamil Zaki | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Rwanda, Emotions, Neuroscience, Implicit Bias, Independence Day, Altruism, Science, Hurricane Katrina, Morality, Psychology, Watchmen, Israel, Prejudice, Science Fiction, World News
Jamil Zaki

Mountains of evidence suggest that being part of a group changes our perceptions of members of other groups at startlingly basic levels.

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The Fight Over Sonia Sotomayor: Why Were So Few Hispanics on TV Debating the First Hispanic Supreme Court Nominee?

Eric Deggans | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Cornyn, Abc, Cnn, Tom Tancredo, This Week, Supreme Court, Hispanics, Media, Prejudice, Rush Limbaugh, Race, Diversity, Sonia Sotomayor, Political Tv, Politics News
Eric Deggans

What irks me most about the media circus around Sotomayor's nomination is that white politicians and pundits pretend their race and culture have no impact on their sensibilities.

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Friday Talking Points [79] -- Judicial Activism And Bias

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Nickolas, Supreme Court, White House, Autoworkers, Burris, Constitutional Crisis, Power Struggle, Founding Fathers, Detainee Deaths, Gingrich, President, War Crimes, Rnc, Courts, Princeton, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Sotomayor, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Pussy Galore, Un, Ralph Nader, Judicial Activism, Republican National Committee, Court, Twitter, Terry McAuliffe, Congress, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Constitution, Mddotw, Rod Blagojevich, Sonia Sotomayor, Truth Commission, Youtube, Banks, Hillary Clinton, Uaw, Bonuses, Up or Down Vote, Michael Guest, Same Sex, Nader, President Obama, Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, United Nations, Blaggy, Filibuster, Bankers, Obama, Scotus, Prejudice, Auschwitz, Blago, Republican, Government, Blagojevich, Lionel Sosa, Pelosi, Clinton, Activism, Federal Government, Bias, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Defense of Marriage Act, Legislating From the Bench, Benefits, Gm, Pyne Prize, Roland Burris, Philip Alston, Gay, State Department, Checks and Balances, Mcauliffe, Chris Kelly, Secretary of State, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Spousal Benefits, Nominee, Doma, Torture, Alston, Politics News
Chris Weigant

"Judicial activism" (or, alternatively, "legislating from the bench") is defined -- no matter what your political beliefs -- as "judges not ruling the...

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Sotomayor Racist?

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Newspaper Columnists, Women, Supreme Court Justices, Latinos, Politicians, Women of Color, Latinas, Racist, Obama, American Sociological Association, Prejudice, Race, Employment Discrimination, Clarence Thomas, Barack Obama, Gender, Patricia Hill Collins, Talk Radio, Conservatives, Editorials, Race for the American Dream, American Dream, Sex, Sonia Sotomayor, Conservative Talk Radio, Racism, Sotomayor, Wage Gap, Discrimination, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Poverty Rate, Inequality, Histpanics, Politics News
Abby L. Ferber

The fact that these conservative politicians and commentators don't even see racism unless they feel it is directed against them is precisely why we need the voices of women of color on the court.

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A Prince of Tolerance Offers Lessons for the Future of Race Relations

Alex Storozynski | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Discrimination, Ethnic Prejudice, Racial Prejudice, Prejudice, Racial Discrimination, Politics News
Alex Storozynski

The United States has always had a totem pole of bigotry, where the latest arrivals were notched in at the bottom of the shame pole.

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Empathy Fatigue and What the Press Can Do About It

Jamil Zaki | Posted 06.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Neuroscience, Empathy, Susan Sontag, Psychology, Hurricane Katrina, Media, Press, Prejudice, Barack Obama, Media News
Jamil Zaki

The "CNN effect" describes how, by airing images of suffering, news outlets can create enormous pressure for governments to intervene, fueled by public outcry over the suffering of others.

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American Violet: A Powerful Movie about Race and the Drug War

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Review, Frontline, Movie, Drugs, War on Drugs, Michael O'Keefe, Racial, Prejudice, Injustice, Drug, Boyd, Systemic Racism, Tim Blake Nelson, Institutionalized Racism, American Civil Liberties Union, Erin Brockovich, District Attorney, Racism, Drug War, Confidential Informant, Justice System, Nicole Beharie, Regina Kelly, Graham Boyd, Texas, Film, American Violet, John Paschall, Chris Weigant, Sydney Poitier, Aclu, Mississippi Burning, Plea Bargain, Xzibit, Beharie, Kelly, Hearne, Paschall, Da, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Without spoiling the ending, American Violet is an excellent movie, and tells the story in a moving and heart-wrenching fashion.

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Asian Women: Rape And Hate Crimes

Jaemin Kim | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Gawker Media, Ethnicity, Chinese, White People, Michael Phelps, Gawker.com, Videogames, Anime, Sexism, Dating, Defamer, Racism, Racial Stereotypes, African Americans, Korean, Rape, Rachel Getting Married, Gawker, Asian Americans, Washington State, Los Angeles, Sexuality, Black People, Stereotypes, Spokane, Asians, Japanese, Nerds, Hate Crimes, Violence Against Women, Prejudice, Legal, Prosecution, Justice, Bigotry, Interracial Dating, Sexual Violence, Interracial Relationships, Fetish, Sexual Assault, Laws, Asian Women, Bias Crime, Living News, Women, Asian Fetish, Caucasians, Sex Crimes, Salon.com, Media Responsibility, Media Bias, Living News
Jaemin Kim

Reducing Asian women into a sexual object is not funny, it is not flattering. It is perilous. We can see this when Asian women are subject to race-targeted sexual violence.

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"To Obama:" Introducing A New Verb: Part II

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Philadelphia's Theatre Exile, Family Life Education, Family Therapy, Obama's Inauguration, President Obama, Rick Warren, Abe Lincoln's Inaugural Bible, Clinical Social Work, Prejudice, Obama's Oath of Office, Hate, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Obama Bipartisanship, David Harrower's Blackbird, Secretary of State Clinton, Obama Enemies, Embracing Enemies, Obama Warren, President Elect Obama, Politics News
SaraKay Smullens

"To Obama": 1. to rise above personal assault for the greater good; 2. to take rivals, hold them close, and use their innumerable talents for service.

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