Humanist Perspectives: issue 165, Pernicious Identities
Pernicious Identities
issue 165, Summer 2008
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editorial
Pernicious Identities - We are all part of the human family, yet we are divided too much by superficial differences. Humanists ought to provide a tolerant voice of reason.
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reflections of a humanist
My Life as a Heretic - Theo Meijer fought prejudice as a non-believer living and teaching in a community under a strong religious influence.
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special report
The Unacknowledged Scandal of Electoral Fraud - Michael Keefer revisits this very significant threat to democracy in America, a threat that is consistently and inexplicably ignored by the major media.
feature
- Imposing Identities
- Marsha Hanen explores the problem of imposed identities and how this affects human life.
- Toward a Human Identity
- Overemphasis of human differences, and too little emphasis on human similarities, generate prejudice, rejection and exclusion.
- Seeking our Common Humanity
- A program developed several years ago at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia involved First Nation teenagers being trained to give lectures and tours to museum visitors.
columns & departments
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things that go bump
Truth, Illusion & Identity - There are several biases that that contribute to illusions in regard to our identity.
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films
Understanding Black Anger - The history of and reasons for black anger in America and the expression of those feelings in film are reviewed with the Obama campaign for the Presidency as a backdrop.
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fiction
Say it with Balloons - Joan Givner explores a misadventure with identity.
last word
- Farewell
- A farewell from the Editor of Humanist Perspectives.
Exclusive Web Supplement
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book review
A Little List -
Civilization is about the creation, preservation, editing, and transmission of lists. These define how a civilization sees itself and its neighbours, and how it understands the world.
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