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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Migration and Human Rights (34): The “Criminal Immigrant” Stereotype, Ctd.
I presented some data debunking the criminal immigrant stereotype a few times already. It’s simply not true that immigration leads to an increase in crime rates. True, immigrants are often – but not always – relatively poor, undereducated and – … Continue reading
Human Rights Maps (100): Crime Rates in San Francisco
Usually, maps about violations of people’s security rights or property rights are like this or this: informative but rather boring as well. Here’s a novel approach to statistical maps: (source) More on prostitution here and here. More on private property … Continue reading
Posted in data, human rights maps, law, statistics
Tagged crime, crime rates, Crime statistics, drugs, human rights, map, maps, private property, property, property rights, prostitution, San Francisco, theft, war on drugs
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Racism (12): Implicit Racism in Criminal Justice
Overt manifestations of racial or other types of group-based hate, prejudice or discrimination are relatively rare these days because they have become increasingly unacceptable. However, the racist or prejudiced ideas that form the basis of such overt manifestations aren’t necessarily … Continue reading
Posted in data, discrimination and hate, equality, justice, law
Tagged African American, bias, criminal justice, evidence evaluation, evolutionary psychology, hate, implicit racial bias, incarceration, prejudice, priming, psychology, racial bias, racial profiling, racism, unconscious bias
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Ironic Human Rights Violations (6): Self-Fulfilling Gypsy Prophecy
A man was jailed by a Kemerovo region court on Thursday for assaulting a Gypsy fortune teller [not in the picture] who predicted that he would be jailed, the Investigative Committee said. Gennady Osipovich tried to kill the unidentified female … Continue reading
Migration and Human Rights (33): Immigration = Importing Poverty?
Let’s jump to the conclusion: no, immigration is not “the importation of poverty”, at least not in the U.S. and probably not in other developed countries either. When talking about “importing poverty” we should make the following distinction. Immigration can … Continue reading
Political Graffiti (120): Homelessness
(source) More on homelessness. More graffiti.
Posted in activism, housing, political graffiti, poverty
Tagged graffiti, homelessness, street art
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Human Rights Facts (56): The Poor Are More Generous Than the Rich
I go on a lot about charity on this blog, and about how important it is in the fight against poverty (a major human rights issue). (Some recent posts about charity are here, here and here). Now, because charity is … Continue reading
Posted in aid, data, economics, human rights facts, poverty
Tagged causation, charitable giving, charity, experiment, generosity, human rights, psychology, rich, selfishness, Social Sciences, Social status, Tests and Testing, wealth
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New Blog Feature
I’ve been thinking about this for some time and finally found a moment to do it. Most of the posts on this blog are about a dozen or so different themes or topics, all centered around the main topic of … Continue reading
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Tagged blog feature, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Representation, Mind map, Mind Mapping, new, Topic Maps
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Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (96): Poverty
The weird thing is: that’s not such a silly idea. More on poverty. More jokes.
Posted in aid, comedy, economics, political jokes and funny quotes, poverty
Tagged humor, joke, Jokes, money, world bank
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Migration and Human Rights (32): A Human Right to Free Movement and the Common Ownership of the Earth
I’m consistently in favor of increased immigration, and skeptical of the arguments against (such as those based on notions like “importing crime“, “importing poverty” or “watering down culture“). However, if the arguments against immigration fail, how about the quality of … Continue reading
Posted in citizenship, economics, freedom, globalization, international relations, law, philosophy, poverty, work
Tagged anti-immigration, demographic aggression, failed state, freedom of movement, grotius, human rights, immanuel kant, immigration, immigration restrictions, john locke, kant, lottery of birth, migration, open borders, overpopulation, ownership, ownership of the earth, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, private property, property, property rights, remittances, theft
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