Tag: discrimination
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Mental Health Athletes
I greatly appreciate writers who share ideas for attracting readers, for example, at Twitter: #amwriting #amreading; and at Google+: the Saturday Scenes and Writers Discussion Group communities. Here are thoughts that I would like more authors to consider when sharing what they write about mental illness. I often perceive an “us and them” way of thinking, for example…
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Police Brutality and Fear
A conversation is taking place at Dungeon Prompts regarding whether, and how, race colors our perceptions of police brutality. My perception of police brutality is colored by my personal experiences, which are colored by my racial status. The Context A couple of weeks ago, Michael Brown — an unarmed black young man — was shot…
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He Dresses, She Slacks: Transgender Sex Roles
I notice when people complain about weak sex roles. “Women should be women, and men should be men. “If we didn’t have rigid, inappropriate sex roles, might we all be “people” instead of “male” and “female”? Last month, the highest court in Australia decided to recognize some people as being of a non-specific sex. If…
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Petition: Claire O’Brien
When I first heard about Claire’s story, I thought that it was an issue of concealing a witness to shelter him or her from being heard in court. I thought that the reporter was claiming to have otherwise disputable information, and stated that it came from a credible, though anonymous, source. I thought that the…
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