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Rankism

Obama's Nobel Honors His Dignitarian Politics

Robert Fuller | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Politics of Dignity, Dignitarian, Dignity, Nobel, Nobel Committee, Egalitarian, President Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, Power, Libertarian, Rankism, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, Obama Nobel, World News
Robert Fuller

Obama got the prize not for doing, but for being. Not for making peace, but for exemplifying something new on the world stage -- the politics of dignity.

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How Nobodies Can Be Somebodies (FAQs re: The Dignity Movement against Rankism)

Robert Fuller | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Nobodies, Civil Rights Movement, Dignitarian, Dignity, Sexism, Racism, Women's Movement, Barbarah Ehrenreich, Rank, Somebodies, Rankism, Living News
Robert Fuller

We won't be able to confront rankism until we overcome our fear of seeming uppity by using the word in public.

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Why Do We Want to Be Famous?

Robert Fuller | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Princess Di, Dignity, Dignitarian Society, Nobody, Malnutrition, Oscar, Marilyn Monroe, Fame, Malrecognition, Elvis, Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, Somebody, Rank, Rankism, Emmy, Living News
Robert Fuller

When strangers ply us with questions like "And you are?", "Who are you with?", or "Where did you go to school?" they are likely sizing up our power as belied by our affiliations.

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The Nobody Manifesto

Robert Fuller | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Fuller, Manifesto, Dignity, Somebody, Rank, Nobody, Rankism, Politics News
Robert Fuller

Who are the nobodies? They are Everyman, Everywoman, Everychild. In our heart, each of us aspires to become someone new, someone more.

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Somebodies and Nobodies: Understanding Rankism

Robert Fuller | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nobodies, Ableism, Dignitarian, Dignity, Sexism, Homophobia, Ageism, Racism, Somebodies, Rank, Rankism, Sexist, Rankist, Politics News
Robert Fuller

Whether directed at an individual or a group, rankism aims to put targets in their place and keep them weak so they will do as they're told and submit to being taken advantage of.

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Rankism: The Elephant in Professor Gates's House

Robert Fuller | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dignity, Profiling, Racism, Henry Gates, Sergeant Crowley, Rank Abuse, Rank, Rankism, Politics News
Robert Fuller

We were quick to look at the Gates affair through the lens of race. To bring things fully into focus, we need a second lens -- that of rank.

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President Obama's Politics of Dignity

Robert Fuller | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, President Johnson, Dignitarian, Dignity, America, Rankism, Rank Abuse, Politics News
Robert Fuller

President Obama has yet to tell us how to repair our broken institutions. But he may be doing something equally important. He may be showing us the way.

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Bleeding Heart Liberals Proven Right: Too Much Inequality Harms a Society

Robert Fuller | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Income Disparity, Economic Inequality, Sociology, Sexism, Rankism, Egalitarianism, Politics News
Robert Fuller

The well being of whole societies is closely correlated not with average income level but rather with the size of the disparity of income between the top 20% and the bottom 20%.

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A Whole New Reality

Pamela Gerloff | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: HuffPost Election Reaction, Barack Obama, Dignity, Election Reaction, Obama, Dignity for All, Election Reaction Around the World, Election Coverage, Anything Is Possible, Election, President, Rankism, HuffPost Election Analysis, Obama Presidency, Politics News
Pamela Gerloff

The "everything is possible" mantra is no longer viewable as just a naïve belief, open to scoffing by cynics and pessimists. It's no longer just an idea, a possibility. It happened.

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