Prejudice
Lies about transgender people (and how to spot a rubbish journalist)
I see so much rot written about trans people that I just don’t know anymore. Does anyone – from legal correspondents to sports editors – really know what they’re writing about?
By Paris Lees | Notebook | Friday, 31 August 2012 at 6:00 pm
Controversial #Paralympics tweets: Crossing the line or just a bit of fun?
As controversial stand-up comic Frankie Boyle is slammed for his tweets sent during the Paralympics opening ceremony, we take a look at some of the other tweets about the event, that cut a little too close to the bone.
By Emily Jupp | Notebook, Olympics | Thursday, 30 August 2012 at 4:34 pm
The crucial role of religious leaders in the HIV response
The key idea of INERELA was to tap into the unique role and authority that religious leaders play in providing moral and ethical guidance within communities, using that to contribute in a productive way to the HIV response; their public opinions can influence entire nations.
By Winnie Ssanyu Sseruma | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 1:00 am
When you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism
They say that society disables people and this is true but what is equally true is the disabling nature of ignorance, which pervades the condition and those who have it.
By Nicky Clark | Health, Notebook | Wednesday, 4 July 2012 at 4:00 am
The ugly face of TV: How Jeremy Clarkson brought facial prejudice to a head
If you saw someone with a facial disfigurement walking down the street, would you A) Laugh at them B) Point at them C) Call them names or D) Carry on walking? If your answer is D then you shouldn’t have found Jeremy Clarkson’s latest comments the least bit funny.
By Rich McEachran | Arts, Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 23 February 2012 at 12:14 pm
Islamophobia: Why we have to get over our fears
‘Islamophobia is the new racism’ is now a seeming truism, or so Baroness Warsi and many others would have us believe. She claims that Islamophobia has ‘passed the dinner table test’ and that anti-Muslim prejudice is now normal and uncontroversial in respectable society. Warsi’s views are echoed by many British Muslims, who claim to experience such prejudice daily.
By Rania Hafez | Battle of Ideas | Monday, 7 November 2011 at 6:00 am
The growth of playground politics
When Harriet Harman recently described Danny Alexander as a “ginger rodent”, she was quickly advised to apologise. Her bungled attempt to jibe the chief treasury secretary was derided by her political opponents as an insult to Scotland’s ginger-haired population.
By Adrian Hart | Battle of Ideas | Tuesday, 23 November 2010 at 6:00 am
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