by Carl Howard | Sep 8, 2015 | Biases and Fallacies, Feminism and LGBT, Language, Race
I’m sure you’ve seen the one-line that’s the title of this post: Although the above joke is about vegans, it’s a standard template used against lots of other groups (as we’ll see below). An interesting connection to the vegan version of the joke is the countless times...
by Carl Howard | Jul 25, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, History, Race
Earlier this year my partner got us tickets to the opera production of The Rabbits because a lot of people recommended it to her. Now, I live in a massive ivory tower when it comes to children’s literature. Before that I’ve never heard of John Marsden and Shaun...
by Carl Howard | Jun 23, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Interesting Stuff, Race
Futility Closet is a podcast where the hosts explore historical oddities, trivia and strange tales. I like it a lot, but they have a fairly specific tone, I guess to increase its mass appeal. It’s apolitical, avoids [IMO] controversial topics and since it’s about...
by Carl Howard | Jun 16, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Race, Sex
[CN: Racist imagery below] … … … … … … … … … … … … What does the image above make you think? While there’s a wide range of possible reactions, I predict the vast majority of people would be simultaneously repulsed by the racist imagery while possibly agreeing...
by Carl Howard | May 19, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Ethics, Race
In the last few days, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (the living Boston marathon bomber) has been in the news again. Having been convicted on all counts in April, he has just now been sentenced to death by lethal injection. Coming off the recent executions of Andrew Chan and...
by Carl Howard | Apr 23, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, History, Race
This Saturday, April 25th, Australia will commemorate the ANZAC Centenary. On April 25th 1915, the ANZAC troops landed in Gallipoli, and there will be plenty of information about that in the media and in official channels –– before, during and after. This makes it...
