#prejudice — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #prejudice, aggregated by home.social.
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"A new #study claims that individuals possessing higher levels of the personality trait openness are less prone to #antisemitic attitudes, and that this relationship is partially mediated by interpersonal contact with #Jewish individuals. This is based on #research -published in the August issue of #PersonalityandIndividualDifferences.
#TaliaMorstead and #AnitaDeLongis from the Department of #Psychology at the #University of #BritishColumbia conducted the study. The #researchers set out to explore the #psychosocial mechanisms underlying antisemitic attitudes, noting that “#antisemitism is an enduring phenomenon with parallels to other forms of #prejudice yet demonstrates a distinctive capacity to adapt in rhetorical form to the prevailing #sociocultural context."
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Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that “all men are created equal.” We now practically read it “all men are created equal, except negroes.” When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read “all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics.” When it comes to this, I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty — to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Letter (1854-08-24) to Joshua SpeedMore about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/2555…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lincoln #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #America #createdequal #DeclarationofIndependence #despotism #equality #liberty #prejudice #racism #tyranny #xenophobia
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
Q. What is the best thing to do when people you meet casually — say a taxicab driver or an office receptionist — make violently prejudiced (and untrue) remarks about a minority race? Usually I just keep my mouth shut. But is this really right? It seems to me that perhaps in keeping silent I am actually condoning these vicious remarks.
A. I rather think the time has come when keeping silent, if other people say things of which you cannot approve, is an escape from doing something disagreeable. Everyone has a right to his own opinion and to state it, therefore I do not think one should be heated or angry over what other people say; but if silence seems to give approval, then remaining silent is cowardly. I think one should say, “I have evidently had different experiences from what you have had, and I find on the whole that thus and so seems true.” It may lead to an argument and it may require restraint and patience on both sides, but it will often clear up misconceptions and show that there are two points of view, and that it is possible to discuss questions on a reasonable basis even when feelings are involved as well as facts.Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1944-09), “If You Ask Me,” Ladies’ Home Journal, Vol. 61More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/84…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #antisemitism #argument #bias #condoning #confrontation #consent #hatred #keepingquiet #perspective #prejudice #racism #silence #stayingquiet
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
Q. With what the Germans, Japanese and Italians are trying to do to the democracies of the world — especially our United States — do you really mean you would permit your children to number among their friends any Germans, Japanese or Italians?
A. I certainly do. How are we going to live in peace in the world of the future if we cannot be friends ourselves with Germans, Japanese or Italians? I have friends of all those nationalities; some of them have fled their own countries because they were in disagreement with the policies of the governments of those countries. I imagine there are many people still in those countries who are suffering because they do not agree with what their governments are doing. If we take the attitude that we can never be friends with people of these nationalities, our chance for a peaceful world in the future is slim indeed!Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1942-09), “If You Ask Me,” Ladies’ Home Journal, Vol. 59More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/83…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #axis #combatants #enmity #friendship #nationalism #peacetime #prejudice #war #worldpeace #WorldWar2 #ww2 #enemy #peace #reconciliation
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CW: good article about anti-trans stuff in the UK
"Liberal democracy is not just majority decisions bounded by rights. It’s also about the care with which decisions are made, the scrutiny to which they are subjected. ...
"Not only have trans voices been thoroughly excluded, but the (arguably majority) of cis women who support trans-inclusion have too."
"The End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic Collapse"
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-trans-rights-in-the-uk-is-the-start-of-democratic-collapse/ -
CW: good article about anti-trans stuff in the UK
"Liberal democracy is not just majority decisions bounded by rights. It’s also about the care with which decisions are made, the scrutiny to which they are subjected. ...
"Not only have trans voices been thoroughly excluded, but the (arguably majority) of cis women who support trans-inclusion have too."
"The End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic Collapse"
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-trans-rights-in-the-uk-is-the-start-of-democratic-collapse/ -
CW: good article about anti-trans stuff in the UK
"Liberal democracy is not just majority decisions bounded by rights. It’s also about the care with which decisions are made, the scrutiny to which they are subjected. ...
"Not only have trans voices been thoroughly excluded, but the (arguably majority) of cis women who support trans-inclusion have too."
"The End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic Collapse"
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-trans-rights-in-the-uk-is-the-start-of-democratic-collapse/ -
CW: good article about anti-trans stuff in the UK
"Liberal democracy is not just majority decisions bounded by rights. It’s also about the care with which decisions are made, the scrutiny to which they are subjected. ...
"Not only have trans voices been thoroughly excluded, but the (arguably majority) of cis women who support trans-inclusion have too."
"The End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic Collapse"
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-trans-rights-in-the-uk-is-the-start-of-democratic-collapse/ -
CW: good article about anti-trans stuff in the UK
"Liberal democracy is not just majority decisions bounded by rights. It’s also about the care with which decisions are made, the scrutiny to which they are subjected. ...
"Not only have trans voices been thoroughly excluded, but the (arguably majority) of cis women who support trans-inclusion have too."
"The End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic Collapse"
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-trans-rights-in-the-uk-is-the-start-of-democratic-collapse/ -
“PALESTINE ACTION BAN RISKED ACTIVISTS’ RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL, DOCUMENTS REVEAL”
by John McEvoy in Declassified UK
@Declassified_UK
@uk_politics
@UKLabour“Exclusive: Former home secretary was told proscribing Palestine Action within six months of key Filton hearing could prejudice the case but went ahead anyway.”
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Labour #Starmer #Cooper #Filton24 #Prejudice #Trial #PalestineAction #Terrorism #AbuseOfPower #CPS #Guardian #Jury #KangarooCourt
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The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor can it keep people persuaded once they have ceased to believe. It penetrates only into minds already open, and rather than instill opinion it articulates and justifies opinions already present in the minds of its recipients. The gifted propagandist brings to a boil ideas and passions already simmering in the minds of his hearers. he echoes their innermost feelings. Where opinion is not coerced, people can be made to believe only in what they already “know.”
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 83 (3.14.83) (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11263/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #agitprop #belief #confirmation #confirmationbias #conviction #disinformation #fear #ideas #justification #opinion #passion #predisposition #prejudice #propaganda #reinforcement #truebeliever
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I think one must engage in politics — using the word in a wide sense — and that one must have preferences: that is, one must recognise that some causes are objectively better than others, even if they are advanced by equally bad means. As for the nationalistic loves and hatreds that I have spoken of, they are part of the make-up of most of us, whether we like it or not. Whether it is possible to get rid of them I do not know, but I do believe that it is possible to struggle against them, and that this is essentially a moral effort. It is a question first of all of discovering what one really is, what one’s own feelings really are, and then of making allowance for the inevitable bias.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46470/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #bias #cause #endsandmeans #ideology #jingoism #moralcharacter #moralduty #nationalism #objectivity #politicalopinion #politics #prejudice #selfawareness #selfexamination #selfimprovement #subjectivity
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Sage. (AI Generated Image) #sage #sageadvice #wise #wiseadvice #saying #oldsaying #bigotry #endbigotry #homophobia #endhomophobia #racism #endracism #sexism #endsexism #evil #xenophobia #hatred #humanity #problems #prejudice #obstinate #unreasonable #humansuffering #pride #whitefragility #malefragility #straightmalefragility
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“Accordingly, #dismissal with #prejudice will serve the interests of #justice,” wrote Rosen, who was nominated by #Trump to be #USattorney in #Minnesota.
Lyons said the agents could face termination & criminal prosecution [I won’t hold my breath].
The Jan 14 #shooting of Julio C. Sosa-Celis by an #ICE agent touched tense protests in #Minneapolis, where thousands of federal agents had been sent as part of the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown in the state.
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Rosen wrote that “*newly* discovered #evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations” that #federal officials made in a charging #document & in courtroom #testimony.
“Accordingly, #dismissal with #prejudice will serve the interests of #justice,” wrote Rosen, who was nominated by #Trump to be #USattorney in #Minnesota.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
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A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt
We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions — bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. Whoever seeks to set one nationality against another, seeks to degrade all nationalities. Whoever seeks to set one race against another seeks to enslave all races. Whoever seeks to set one religion against another, seeks to destroy all religion.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Speech (1940-11-01), Campaign Address, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New YorkMore about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #fdr #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #America #conflict #discrimination #division #divisiveness #epluribusunum #ethnicity #fomenting #identitypolitics #intolerance #meme #nation #prejudice #racism #religion #unity
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#52booksin52weeks Featuring a Natural Disaster - The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin #NKJemisin #hierarchy #oppression #prejudice #earthquake #disaster #climatechange #EnvironmentalDamage #sciencefiction #fantasy #bookstagram #booktok #booksky #HugoAwards #ttrpgpodcast #gamemastersbookclub https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc
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#iran #g7 : #media / #westernview / #stereotyps / #dichotomy / #manichaeism / #ideology / #prejudice / #complexityreduction
„Challenging the widespread notion that Iranian society is split between 'good' democrats and 'evil' Islamists, the Franco-Iranian researcher argues that most citizens criticize the regime not for its religious orientation, but for its repression of freedoms.“
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Fordham Now: Fatphobia Is Fueled by AI-Created Images, Study Finds. “A new study by a Fordham student shows how harmful stereotypes of heavier people can be reinforced by AI-driven programs that generate images based on the words that someone types into the program. Words with negative connotations tended to produce images of overweight people, even if the words—such as ‘greedy’ or […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/22/fordham-now-fatphobia-is-fueled-by-ai-created-images-study-finds/
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A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt
We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Letter (1940-01-09) to William Allan NeilsonSourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #fdr #franklinroosevelt #citizenry #civilliberties #civilrights #divisiveness #equalprotectionunderthelaw #equalrights #hatred #immigrants #injustice #intolerance #oppression #prejudice #racism #unity
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#Supremacism in #anime never seems to understand how #prejudice works. the "inferior" beats/saves the supremacist. In anime: Oh my certainty of superiority must be wrong, I should reexamine ALL of my biases. Reality: Oh there is one exception to the rule, the rest of them are still trash but there is always an exception to every rule.
One of the things the #Reich did when ordering the final solution was to tell people that "we all know that ONE good Jew, but they must be sacrificed for the greater good as the majority are all terrible and we can't let one terrible #jew escape. There were people who were crying as they signed the orders for the final solution knowing their were murdering their former friends but did it anyway.
#Hitler even helped his #jewish doctor escape before many got sent to the concentration camps 10 years before the final solution. People ALL know there is an exception to the rules in stereotypes that's exactly why they can stay racists. Anime has a very over simplistic concept of #xenophobia and it wasn't until recently that I could put my finger on why those stories rubbed me the wrong way, not enough to stop watching them but enough to articulate everything wrong with them. #racism #racists