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  1. Through a political desire for unity, ‘we are documenting the transformation of the very meaning given to the principle of #laïcité, the interpretation of which has undergone a notorious shift: whereas yesterday it allowed the pluralist expression of beliefs, today it requires religious neutrality’.

    Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez in "L'École et la République - La nouvelle laïcité scolaire" (2023)

    #unitary #normalization #normation #normal #normativity #school #secularism #neutrality #education #HennetteVauchez #hijab #bioPolitics #bioPower #islamophobia #racism #raceMaking #systemicRacism #France

  2. Australians who need care because of age or disability shouldn’t be reduced to an algorithm >>
    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    When automated decision-making (algorithm) is in charge to ration care it could suggest forced euthanasia

    Euthanasia Program and Aktion T4, The goal of the Nazi Euthanasia Program was to kill people with mental and physical disabilities. >>
    encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content

    #SocialServices #care #governance #algorithm #efficiency #SystemicNeglect #abandonment #GlobalTrends #biopolitics #violence #HumanOversight #euthanasia #AktionT4 #necropolitics