Showing posts with label misconception. Show all posts
Showing posts with label misconception. Show all posts
Friday, April 19, 2024
14 Things the Misguided Religious Establishment Doesn't Want You to Know
Jim Palmer is a chaplain for the American Humanist Association and founder of The Center for Non-Religiouis Spirituality. In 2023, he posted a short article which provides plenty of food for thought. This is a video translation of his words to the screen.
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Opinion | The Politics of Delusion Have Taken Hold - The New York Times
A separate paper published last year, "Christian Nationalism and Political Violence: Victimhood, Racial Identity, Conspiracy and Support for the Capitol Attacks," by Miles T. Armaly, David T. Buckley and Adam M. Enders, showed that support for political violence correlated with a combination of white identity, belief in extreme religions and conspiracy thinking.
"Perceived victimhood, reinforcing racial and religious identities and support for conspiratorial information," they wrote, "are positively related to each other and support for the Capitol riot."…
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s story counters misconceptions about who gets abortions - Vox
Most people who have the procedure are already parents.
https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/6/14/18678970/pramila-jayapal-abortion-parents
https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/6/14/18678970/pramila-jayapal-abortion-parents
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Let Black Kids Just Be Kids - The New York Times
George Zimmerman admitted at his 2012 bail hearing that he misjudged Trayvon Martin’s age when he killed him. “I thought he was a little bit younger than I am,” he said, meaning just under 28. But Trayvon was only 17.
What may be most tragic about Mr. Zimmerman’s miscalculation is that it’s widespread. To many people, black boys seem older than they are: In one study, people overestimated their ages by 4.5 years. This contributes to a false perception that black boys are less childlike than white boys....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/opinion/black-kids-discrimination.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_ty_20170726&nl=opinion-today&nl_art=9&nlid=78638145&ref=headline&te=1&_r=0
What may be most tragic about Mr. Zimmerman’s miscalculation is that it’s widespread. To many people, black boys seem older than they are: In one study, people overestimated their ages by 4.5 years. This contributes to a false perception that black boys are less childlike than white boys....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/opinion/black-kids-discrimination.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_ty_20170726&nl=opinion-today&nl_art=9&nlid=78638145&ref=headline&te=1&_r=0
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