Sunday, September 20, 2015

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By now I'm sure everyone has heard the tale of Ahmed Mohamed, the teenager who was put in handcuffs for bringing his homemade clock to school. This incident is a shameful example of predjudice getting out of hand, but has luckily turned out for the better for Ahmed in all the support he has found following his suspension. Since the story has spread, a lot of questions have been asked over the...

Sunday, September 13, 2015

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A lot of the posts on this blog are based off of articles on other social justice websites. This week, i decided it was time for a change. I searched through my favorite websites, Psychology Today, for some insight on unconscious bias and what I found was an article that both shocked and impressed me. Check it out here.   Dr. Mikhail Lyubansky expands on some issues outlined...

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Privilege. I have it. You have it. Now what? I've come to realize that I've drilled the importance of self-reflection into this blog, but not once have I described what self-reflection is, or what it looks like in the context of privilege. I'm going to try to fix that as best as I can. Self-reflection, in layman's terms, is "meditation or serious thought about one's character, actions, and motives."...