Posts Tagged ‘racism’

12 Ways to Help Make MLK’s Dream a Reality

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States, a federal holiday. We remember Dr. King as a civil rights leader, a rousing speaker,and an advocate of non-violent resistance. Best remembered of all his works, though, is his "I have a dream" speech. King dreamed that one day, race would be irrelevant to an individual's opportunities in life.

That hasn't happened, not in the United… Continue reading

January 21 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: difference, interaction, mlk, racism, society | 25 comments»

Three More Reasons Why Your Brain is Not Your Friend

Last week, I explained some of the ways that our brain tricks us. There's more ways than just the three I listed that the brain works in odd and mysterious ways, causing us no end of mischief. Here's three more:I am not a racist!In 1964, a woman named Kitty Genovese was beaten and killed in an attack witnessed by dozens of people, none of whom… Continue reading

October 19 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: brain, perception, psychology, racism, thought | 24 comments»