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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Discrimination (2): Racial and Gender Discrimination in Adoption
Both straight and gay adoptive parents [in the U.S.] are likely to exhibit racial and sex-based biases when applying to adopt a child, a new study finds. … The authors found that girls are consistently preferred to boys. For non-African-American … Continue reading
Political Artist (39): Banksy
(source) More Banksy. More Osama. More on terrorism. Other political artists.
Posted in art, political artist
Tagged banksy, guerilla art, osama bin laden, political street art, politics, street art, terrorism, urban art
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Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (76): Prejudice in News Reporting
A classic from the time of the Katrina Hurricane disaster in the U.S.: when you’re white and in trouble, you find food; when you’re colored, you loot it: A more thoughtful post on prejudice and stereotypes is here (including a … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, discrimination and hate, political jokes and funny quotes
Tagged allport's scale, disaster, humor, hurricane, joke, katrina, looting, media, news, prejudice, stereotypes
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Human Rights Maps (81): Poverty Divides
Not one with a lot of information, this time, but I thought it would fit in the series: (source, click on the image to enlarge) More on poverty. More – real – human rights maps here.
Posted in human rights maps, poverty
Tagged caring, map, mapping, maps, poverty, solidarity
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Economic Human Rights (32): The Economic Cost of Taxing the Rich
Taxation is linked to human rights in several ways: It’s usually correlated with government accountability and hence democracy (i.e. political rights). States that don’t tax their citizens don’t have an incentive to be accountable. And citizens who have to pay … Continue reading
Posted in economic human rights, economics, equality, justice, poverty, work
Tagged accountability, atlas shrugs, ayn rand, economic rights, flat tax, GDP, going galt, incentives, income, income inequality, laffer curve, no taxation without representation, progressive taxation, safety net, tax rates, taxation, taxes, trickle down economics, wages
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The Causes of Wealth Inequality (4): Technology
Another one in our series about the causes of wealth inequality (see here, here and here). (If you want to know why we think this is a human rights issue, go here or here first). [T]he diffusion of computers and … Continue reading
Human Rights Cartoon (66): Racial Profiling
(source) More on racial profiling and racism. More cartoons about racial profiling here and here. More about the so-called “Gates Incident” here. More human right cartoons.
Moral Dilemma (11): The Human Rights of Future Generations and the Future Human Rights of Existing Generations
We know that our actions are bound to affect the wellbeing of future persons, both positively and negatively. For some of our actions we may know or we can more or less confidently predict what the effects will be. In … Continue reading
Posted in moral dilemmas, philosophy, poverty
Tagged dilemma, environment, ethics, future, harm, human rights, morality, pollution, wellbeing
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The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (32): Morality Police Accused of Gang Rape
(source, photo by Luis Sinco, Los Angeles Times/October 28, 2009) Three officers with Aceh province’s civilian morality police allegedly detained a couple, raping the 20-year-old woman. Activists say the charges undermine the patrol’s legitimacy … [The] civilian patrol … enforces Islam’s strict … Continue reading
Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (75): The Importance of Race
This is not about how important race actually is in the minds and behavior of many, but about how important it should be. On a more serious note, here are some data on how people really think about race.
Posted in comedy, discrimination and hate, equality, political jokes and funny quotes
Tagged data, graphs, humor, joke, public opinion, race, racism, statistics
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