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Why won’t racism die (Question 28)
It was 100 years ago that Franz Boas – the father of anthropology – published his book The Mind of the Primitive Man, a collection of his lectures on culture and race that questioned the existence of...
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Which difference do you struggle with? (Question 29)
I write this blog about human difference and how we respond to it. Autism is something I’ve always struggled to understand, and I take this opportunity to thank my friends with autistic loved ones who...
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Do we stand on solid ground? or shifting sands? (Question 30 – Guest Post)
Thanks to University of Delaware Professor Pier Gabrielle Foreman, we have today’s entry, originally published on blackspaceblog.com. The Ground We Stand On: On Inaugurations, Anniversaries and the...
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Are some lives worth more than others? (Question 31) Reflections on Trayvon...
I was moved to anger and nearly despair about Trayvon Martin’s killing, and with the Zimmerman verdict, my heart broke (even as I didn’t expect another outcome). I’d sought words to write about it, and...
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How far are we from King’s Dream (Question 32)
Deutsche Welle’s Agenda This fall I’m on leave from my post at the City University of New York, and writing as a Visiting Fellow at the Free University of Berlin, at the desigualdades network. I...
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Can we ever stop comparing and ranking one another? (Question 34)
I am really getting into ZenPencils, and I surely hope that the cartoonist/blogger, Gavin Aung Than, turns this one into a poster! Gav’s cartoons take famous quotes and illustrate them; today’s cartoon...
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What would happen if we opened all the world’s manmade borders? (Question 35)
OpenBorders.com is an organization of advocates who support ceasing to carve up the planet and treat those who emerge from the wrong wombs on the wrong patches of dirt as if they do not belong on our...
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Can you imagine a world without ageism? (Question 36)
http://fstoppers.com/pics-reflections-portraits-of-the-elderly-as-they-once-were Tom Hussey is the coolest photographer. His series “Reflections” shows older persons looking at themselves as reflected...
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Really? We are so sure we know where blue-eyed blondes belong? (Question 37)
HOLY CRAP. Two kids removed from Roma (“Gypsy”) homes BECAUSE THEY WERE BLUE-EYED BLONDES have been returned because DNA tests proved they were living WITH THEIR FAMILIES. Let me get this straight....
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Announcing my new blog at InequalityMatters.net
I want to let you know that I have begun a new blog at InequalityMatters.net. There, I will be publishing writings on inequality with 3 others, Tanya Golash-Boza (who is a sociology professor and a...
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