From a review of a book about the raid to capture German radar equipment in WW2 - article linked)
'The 120 men who took part in the operation mainly consisted of dour Scots, already accustomed to a tough life. In peacetime, a fair few might have indulged in petty violence, but this was wartime and Britain had need of their innate thuggery. '
Berlin police raided and cut off electricity to the Palestinian Congress conference before banning the three-day event. Organizers say Germany’s antidemocratic authoritarian response to Palestine activism is growing by the day.
Are the attacks on Anglea Rayner driven by snobbery, or to be clearer; classism?
Well when we compare her political treatment & the DWP's now toxic position on unpaid carers, with the lightness of touch when dealing with the wealthy (either in politics or when found to have broken tax-related laws), I think we can safely say that distinctions of class as drivers for public/official attitudes are ver much alive & kicking!
I read this on the recommendation of an elderly (in her 90s) American friend.
A tale of redemption (of sorts). Take an alcoholic, aggressive , lawyer, mix in the early days of the modern civil and union rights in the US, mix well and you get this.
A good read, and according to our friend it captures only a small part of the regular bigotry and anti unionism that was prevalent in much of the #US in the 1960s (this is set in Texas).
Most professional philosophers boycott #AynRand and “wish the media would stop referring to her as a #philosopher.” Even when a journal or textbook is not hostile to her arguments, they consistently have little connection with her written texts because of parochial attachment to the frameworks Rand challenges.
This is simple #prejudice, and these professionals have yet to overcome their own biases. Can you?
Facial features linked to stereotypes and social class perception - University of Glasgow
"a perception-based, data-driven method to identify the specific 3D facial features that drive perceptions of social class standing and show how these relate to other stereotype-related judgements."
When environmental activists calling for less pollution sit in the streets, across Europe they are now abused and attacked, arrested and handed extreme and draconian sentences. When farmers contesting pollution rules block entire city centres and major roads and spray manure on government buildings, the authorities sit and wait for them to go home.
Notice how the right wingers who banned Black people from schools, jobs, military, & public spaces, banned Latino & Asian immigration, locked up Japanese Americans, broke hundreds of treaties with Native Americans—& are now banning teaching that history—want you to stop making everything about race.😐
“Hearing him in his own words – hearing hurt, hearing pain, hearing him curse – is going to be the first time many folks have ever experienced this side of Louis Armstrong. What’s important is that he is the one who left behind these tapes, so he really wanted this side to be known.
Leyendo ahora mismo:
Stereotypes as justifications of prejudice
En tres experimentos, usan condicionamiento evaluativo para generar nuevos prejuicios y después miden la adhesión a los estereotipos coherentes con esos prejuicios.
It's funny how my hair color triggers so many insecure men whenever I make a Short on YouTube.
I don't mind really. Negative responses only serve to encourage the algorithm to push me out to more people. Then I just delete all of the negative comments with very little effort.
Still, it saddens me to see their masculinity wrapped up in the outer perceptions of themselves.
Of course this never happens in real life. I get nothing but compliments when I go out.
There’s a phenomenon in psychology called “mirror neurons” - These are brain cells that fire in similar ways when we do something, or when we see someone else doing that thing. I think the idea is that we see someone doing something, our brain tries to recreate that action, with ourselves in the starring role, so we can try it on and understand it. That neural activity extends to a small amount of muscular activity as well.
There's a great experiment (that I can't track down, there's too much interference by a different study in the search results) where they had subjects look at pictures of people smiling, and the subject had to decide whether the smile was real or fake. Normally we're about 60% proficient but some groups with more experience judging emotions do better. Apparently, if you do the same test while clenching a pencil between your teeth, your score drops to random chance, 50%. You've locked up the muscles that your brain uses to "try on" the smile and decide if it feels real or not.
Okay, here's my idea. When your standard troglodyte looks at someone with purple hair, or being gay, or wearing something not made of denim, their brain creates a model where they have purple hair, or is gay, etc., and that makes them very uncomfortable. They're not uncomfortable with you having purple hair, they're uncomfortable with them having purple hair. You are the cause of that discomfort, so they get mad at you. You're causing them deep-seated pain, and you must be punished for that.
I’m convinced, more and more, that this is the cause of almost every reaction that makes you ask, “Why do you care? It has nothing to do with you!”
🎃The Covenant of the Goddess (CoG) has released a Statement on Prejudice and Racism🎃The Aquarian Tabernacle Church (ATC) comments on its Accreditation Program of Wicca (APW)🎃
Plus upcoming events, gatherings, Pagan Pride Days, and more, including our Tarot of the Week and Positively Noteworthy item -- some music to get you in the mood for the season of the witch!
Congratulations! You've arrived at a fork in the road, and it's your chance to make one of the most meaningful decisions of your life.
On the one hand, you could do what many do: get defensive and lash out in anger. This is the path of denial.
On the other hand, you might wonder if others might see in you something that you're unable to see yourself, like the proverbial log in the eye. This is the path of introspection, and it's a wild ride. 👇
If the capacity for #prejudice is ingrained, it should be no surprise if one day someone calls you racist. But what are they really trying to tell you? Well, they may be saying that you're acting or speaking in a way that's putting distance between you and other human beings, and it feels unjust. You might not agree—but it's not about you.
Here's the thing: they could be right. You may not even realize that it's happening; in fact, it's quite likely you don't, and the reason might surprise you.
#Prejudice is insidious. It develops without us knowing because we don't spend every moment assessing, fact-checking and second-guessing everything we see, hear, and think, especially when we're children. We absorb the patterns that make up the warp and weft of the society that is our cradle, whether we observe them in person or second-hand on a TV or computer screen. They form the basis by which we judge everything that comes after, and they are stained by centuries-long histories of injustice.
So, somebody's called you racist. Congratulations! You can choose introspection and find out if it's true. No matter what particular patterns you observed growing up, you probably are affected by it. Take a moment to think about some of those patterns, and where they come from. Sit with them, with how they shape your actions and beliefs about the world. And then, resolve to tear them out. Tear out the roots of #prejudice. It is a tumultuous journey of pain and rejoicing, and it is well worth it.