Matthew Lehigh was first arrested in October 2022 after Boise police received reports of him yelling threats, homophobic slurs BY: MIA MALDONADO – NOVEMBER 2, 2023 In the Idaho capitol sun PHOTO: Shows pride flags on display throughout the North End neighborhood in Boise. (Mia Maldonado / Idaho Capital Sun) Warning: This story includes descriptions of threats and…
The scapegoating of Asian Americans
“The important thing to remember is that this is really not an exceptional moment by any means,” said Sato. “But it’s really part of a much longer genealogy of anti-Asian violence that reaches as far back as the 19th century.” Sato pointed to the Chinese massacre of 1871, when a mob in Los Angeles’ Chinatown…
An urgent need exists to investigate the cross-cultural differences in technology privacy attitudes and behaviors
While privacy regulation exists in almost every culture, the specific behavioral and psychological mechanisms that people use to regulate privacy boundaries are culturally unique. Since the 1960s, when privacy mostly concerned physical access to an individual’s surroundings and private space, researchers had found that people in different cultures are universally aware and capable of regulating…
Identifying Barriers to Effective Intercultural Communication
One such barrier is ethnocentrism. Any intercultural interaction will be influenced by an individual’s ethnocentrism, or the belief that one’s culture (“in-group”) is superior to another’s culture (“out-group”). All humans are to some extent ethnocentric, falling somewhere on a scale between “low” and “high” ethnocentricity. High or low levels of ethnocentricity influence an individual’s ability to…
International students and the types of discrimination they face
Linguistic racism First on our list of different types of discrimination is linguistic discrimination, or ethnic-accent bullying. This happens when a person is treated differently based on his or her accent. For example, a foreign student may often be “‘heard,’ ‘seen,’ or ‘imagined’ speaking ‘bad’ or ‘low proficient’ English irrespective of their actual high-level in English”. Joy Nath, a…
All the public libraries offering free access to banned books: a comprehensive guide
Brooklyn Public Library: Books Unbanned The Brooklyn Public Library’s Books Unbanned program was the first of its kind to offer access to collections to teenagers and young adults nationwide. It has expanded to several more libraries (outlined below). The details of the program: Read the full story HERE.
Publishers Refuse to Become Complicit in Texas Book Banning
“We strongly disagree with the idea that rating our books to flag certain content, or having retailers or wholesalers do this, is appropriate or helpful. We trust our teachers, trust our librarians, trust our parents, trust our student readers who are hungry to experience the world in all the ways that books allow.” READ MORE
Jason Aldean: Old ‘small towns are more righteous than cities’ trope. Performative tough guy stuff.
Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town,” which ignited controversy this week over claims that the song and its new video promote white supremacy and violence, is far from the first country song to attack cities using racist dog whistles, writes Amanda Marie Martínez of NPR. “Try That” is most clearly a descendant of…
Harvard faces civil rights complaint over its legacy admissions
The groups argue that legacy admissions, a process that gives priority in the college applications process to children of alumni or applicants related to wealthy donors, boosts white students over students of color. “The students who receive this preferential treatment — based solely on familial ties — are overwhelmingly white. Nearly 70% of donor-related applicants…
How affirmative action myths divided people of color : NPR
“Asians were standing in as proxies for white students,” says Jeff Chang, a writer and activist who has long fought for affirmative action. “That’s essentially the strategy that Ed Blum used.” That strategy, before a far right Supreme Court, would finally be a winning one for Blum. But to reach this goal, scholars like Chang say he…
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