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Use of ‘sexist’ and ‘racist’ in the New York Times increased over 400% since 2012. Why?

February 26, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In The Guardian: Use of ‘sexist’ and ‘racist’ in the New York Times increased over 400% since 2012. Why? We analyzed 27m news articles published between 1970 and 2019. Our study reveals a substantial shift has occurred, and it may have important implications. by David Rozado, Musa al-Gharbi and Jamin Halberstadt Contemporary US media workers … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: #MeToo, antisemitism, discourse, discrimination, gender, homophobia, Islamophobia, prejudice, print media, race, sexism, sexuality, Television, transphobia, US media, white supremacy

A Rascally Hackman

September 7, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Daily Alta California > 3 December 1857 — Information was given at the Police office yesterday, that a negro had been robbed by a hackman whose name we did not learn, but who is known by the name of “Sinbad,” an appropriate name, if the account given of him is correct. It appears that the … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Racism Tagged: 1857, Hackman, prejudice, racism, Robbery

Us and Them

June 7, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The history and basis for discrimination is highlighted in a Science News article about a new exhibit at the Musée de l’Homme in Paris.

Posted in: Science, Thinking about Tagged: essentialism, Immigration, Musée de l’Homme, Paris, prejudice, racism, science, UNESCO

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