November 2009
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By Sam Richards on November 30, 2009
posted by Sam Richards That’s me after planning one of my lectures on the Old Main lawn back in the early 1990s. I was having a sudden flash of insight…and then it was gone. Just like all of us eventually. So we’re at the end of another semester and I’m at the halfway point of [...]
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By Sam Richards on November 27, 2009
posted by Sam Richards The problem we’re dealing with in 2009 is that we’re not asking people to THINK. We are feeding them information and few engage in dialogue with people who ask “why” and “how” and “if what you are saying is true, then what about…” Rusty thinking is what happens when we don’t [...]
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By Sam Richards on November 18, 2009
posted by Sam Richards I think I’m finally getting my head around a solution the race conundrum. It’s been twenty years of my own indecision and chaotic contemplation and inner struggle to figure out where and how to weigh in. So recently, for example, I finally figured out where to stand on the issue of [...]
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By Sam Richards on November 14, 2009
posted by Sam Richards [I just read a few of the earliest responses to this post and not one mentioned the insane number of whacky ways that Brazilians described themselves on a census thirty years ago. It's in the box below the video. Please read through those. Very funny and telling.] Check out this story [...]
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By Sam Richards on November 11, 2009
posted by Sam Richards Watch this video and read the text. And while you’re doing so, think about two things: 1. For those of you who think you “know” when someone is LGBT…would you ever think that Darren Manzella is gay? 2. A recent report from military officials investigating whether having LGBT soldiers on a [...]
Posted in Gender Dialogues |
By Sam Richards on November 10, 2009
posted by Sam Richards Back to hate crimes. At issue is finding ways to predict who is and is not likely to attack other people because of who they are or what they (the victims) believe. If we know this, then we can more readily protect people who might be attacked. Hey, shouldn’t people who [...]
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By Sam Richards on November 7, 2009
posted by Sam Richards Part of this story is about social class…maybe most of it is. I don’t know and nobody does. Race and class are so intertwined that they’re impossible to disentangle. My raised eyebrow to the fool who says it’s all clear to him or her. All I know is that when I [...]
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By Sam Richards on November 6, 2009
Posted in Gender Dialogues |
By Sam Richards on November 3, 2009
posted by Sam Richards So one of the great mysteries has been solved, or so it seems. Having a (half) black president and a mostly black first family doesn’t have much of a long term impact on attitudes about race relations. Check out these Gallup poll numbers that just came in at the end of [...]
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By Sam Richards on November 1, 2009
posted by Sam Richards It seems as though there are some people in Israel who don’t like the idea of people taking the dictum “Know thy enemy!” too literally–who have, one might say, taken it to heart. I’m talking about the story going around the wires of Jewish groups who are patrolling lover hangouts so [...]
Posted in West Meets Middle East |
