Introduction Encouraging White men to talk about racism is partly about lowering defensiveness, raising curiosity, and reframing the conversation so it doesn’t feel like an accusation. Many White men walk into conversations about racism expecting blame, guilt, being told they are personally racist, or being judged as “the problem.
"The Bible" is not clear about "homosexuals" or "homosexuality." Depending on the person making the claim and which version or translation they are using, anywhere from six to 35 verses are claimed to address the topic. Six verses are typically weaponized against gay people:
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Just because a man has never been married does not mean he is gay. Approximately 34% of adult men in the United States have never been married. The overwhelming majority of never-married men are straight. Two straight men can be close platonic friends. It does not make sense to
Most people struggle with communication in certain contexts—especially when emotion, identity, or power are involved. Let me break that down clearly: 1. Communication is a skill, not an innate talent People aren’t born knowing how to: * express nuance * handle conflict * listen actively * state boundaries * recognize their own biases
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Introduction The term "white supremacy" is used in two distinct senses in this article of mine. First, in the narrow, everyday sense, it refers to the ideology and movements that explicitly assert white people are a superior race and should dominate others, ranging from organized hate groups to
I disagree with the notion that American Blacks like me speak and write a separate, different language from English, historically called “Black English,” and also called “Ebonics,” “Black Vernacular English,” and “African American Vernacular English (AAVE).” I disagree with the notion that the speech differences found among some American Blacks
I am not religious. I am secular. I use the same epistemic standard for religious claims that I use for claims in history, medicine, psychology, biology, other sciences, and everyday life. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Throughout this essay I examine whether religious claims meet that evidentiary standard. An inherited
Most positive social media behaviors are direct counters to the well-documented problems with online platforms: engagement-driven amplification, context collapse, echo chambers, and pile-ons. Organized against those four dynamics, plus a set of everyday habits, they look like this. Countering Engagement-Driven Amplification The algorithm feeds on your
The idea of a Black person being “not Black enough” is racist because it perpetuates clichés and harmful tropes about Black people and polices Black identity using narrow, arbitrary, and subjective criteria. Identity gatekeeping like this is damaging, and individuals who weaponize this idea within Black communities can be described
A positive stereotype is a subjectively favorable belief about a social group, one that assigns some advantage or superiority on the basis of category membership. Because such beliefs can sound like compliments, they may escape the social disapproval that may have reduced open expression of negative stereotypes. Endorsement of negative
“We all worship the same God” is a familiar refrain at interfaith gatherings and in political speeches. The statement may be intended to promote goodwill and reduce religious tension. Yet when examined critically the claim fails. Christianity, Judaism and Islam each trace their origins to Abraham, but shared ancestry alone
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