"[M]any black professionals experience racial mixing as a process not of affirmation but of constant belittling. And so the result is not more tolerance and the happy racial mixing featured in beer ads but anger at what is seen as the persistence of the white attitudes which underpinned apartheid." SACSIS
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"folks who gave their reasons for being right were just as convinced of their convictions after the experiment as they were beforehand.
But the people who had to explain the mechanics of implementation had suddenly softer views. Not only that — they also gave themselves a lower rating on their understanding of the subject." Business Insider
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The importance of proper sanitation.
"Dean Spears at Delhi School of Economics had been studying the effects of open defecation in India, which led him to a solution for the "Asian enigma"—why are Indian children shorter, on average, than African children, even though people are poorer, on average, in Africa. The height of children is one of the most important measures of their wellbeing, and Spears and his colleagues found that it is severely affected by open defecation." Ars Technica
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Wealth (as opposed to income) inequality in Sweden.
"The upper classes in Sweden retain a disproportional hold on wealth and power. The formal nobility in Sweden constitutes around 0.2% of the population. A couple of years ago I looked through the list of the wealthies Swedes. Fully 10% of the richest Swedes are members of the nobility. By contrast not a single one of the richest Swedes was a non-European immigrant. Of Sweden’s prime-ministers Sweden during the modern era 20% belonged to the nobility." Super-Economy
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"St. Mary's Church is the most ambiguous term on Wikipedia, followed by Communist Party, and Aliabad, which is apparently a common Persian town name. Now if only we could get one of the many Communist Parties to hold a group meeting at a St. Mary's Church in an Aliabad..." Link
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An article about having sexual consent classes at university. One point to be made is that we can support these classes even if we don't believe that the people who are committing sexual assaults are doing so out of "ignorance" or "by accident". The point is rather than predators are able to exploit perceived ambiguity. By laying out clear public standards, you empower people to resist infringements on their boundaries and encourage bystanders to step in. Guardian
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"folks who gave their reasons for being right were just as convinced of their convictions after the experiment as they were beforehand.
But the people who had to explain the mechanics of implementation had suddenly softer views. Not only that — they also gave themselves a lower rating on their understanding of the subject." Business Insider
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The importance of proper sanitation.
"Dean Spears at Delhi School of Economics had been studying the effects of open defecation in India, which led him to a solution for the "Asian enigma"—why are Indian children shorter, on average, than African children, even though people are poorer, on average, in Africa. The height of children is one of the most important measures of their wellbeing, and Spears and his colleagues found that it is severely affected by open defecation." Ars Technica
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Wealth (as opposed to income) inequality in Sweden.
"The upper classes in Sweden retain a disproportional hold on wealth and power. The formal nobility in Sweden constitutes around 0.2% of the population. A couple of years ago I looked through the list of the wealthies Swedes. Fully 10% of the richest Swedes are members of the nobility. By contrast not a single one of the richest Swedes was a non-European immigrant. Of Sweden’s prime-ministers Sweden during the modern era 20% belonged to the nobility." Super-Economy
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"St. Mary's Church is the most ambiguous term on Wikipedia, followed by Communist Party, and Aliabad, which is apparently a common Persian town name. Now if only we could get one of the many Communist Parties to hold a group meeting at a St. Mary's Church in an Aliabad..." Link
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An article about having sexual consent classes at university. One point to be made is that we can support these classes even if we don't believe that the people who are committing sexual assaults are doing so out of "ignorance" or "by accident". The point is rather than predators are able to exploit perceived ambiguity. By laying out clear public standards, you empower people to resist infringements on their boundaries and encourage bystanders to step in. Guardian
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