How do we come up with the wrong ideas about stuff? When we take generalize and stereotype – the root causes of discrimination. We like to paint the picture with one colour because it’s the only evidence of colour we’ve seen and so we apply that colour to everything. Wrong.
Well – The Myth of Rampant [...]
January 28, 2009
The myth of teenage promiscuity unveiled
January 28, 2009
Space Cadavers
The creator of Star Trek and his wife will spend eternity together in space. Celestis Inc., a company that specializes in “memorial spaceflights,” said Monday that it will ship the remains of Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett Roddenberry into space next year.
The couple’s cremated remains will be sealed into specially made capsules designed to withstand [...]
January 28, 2009
Six Baha’is arrested in Iran
GENEVA, 15 January (BWNS) – At least six Baha’is were arrested in Iran yesterday, including a woman who worked at human rights organizations connected with Nobel prize winner Shirin Ebadi.
According to reports received from Iran, the six were arrested after government security agents raided the homes of at least 11 Baha’is. During the raids, they [...]
January 28, 2009
Name calling, bullying, discrimination – bad
Youre So Gay: GLSEN Tackles Name-Calling
