Tag: tolerance
member name: paul w.
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December 13, 2007 08:12 PM EST --
by Mike Firesmith. Great stuff here! (I'm really bummed that no members of this group posted an advisory about this article! Especially since several group members have commented . . .
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October 22, 2007 03:50 PM EDT --
J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, announced this weekend that key character Dumbledore was gay. She stated it matter-of-factly in answer to a question about whether he had ever . . .
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November 25, 2007 07:49 PM EST --
Not quite. But, I think it is good to read a POSITIVE story about someone who entered the U.S. illegally on (or about) Thanksgiving, and who was next day sent back whence he came. AFTER saving . . .
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November 02, 2007 03:42 PM EDT --
A couple of weeks ago, the NY Times published a lengthy article on the lack of diversity on the catwalk. I thought the article was kinda blah, but they ended the piece with an example that was pretty . . .
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December 03, 2007 04:24 PM EST --
Carol L. has outdone him/her/itself on this rant, about what "gays" are supposedly doing in the military. http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977193371
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October 11, 2007 08:42 PM EDT --
This hate cartoon furthering intolerance and ethnic hatred ran on Tuesday in the University of Arizona student newspaper.* The uproar from the Jewish community and non-Jews . . .
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November 29, 2007 07:40 PM EST --
...at a Cincinnati high school. When Agatha Christie first wrote it, it was about Blacks and was often called "Ten Little N______"! The NAACP protested the upcoming performance at . . .
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January 30, 2008 12:33 PM EST --
The ad will be signed, with subtitles. It will air during the pre-game show. The hearing-impaired community is buzzing about it, and it supports EnAble - an employee network whose mission . . .
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October 22, 2007 06:36 PM EDT --
I just heard a promo on my local NPR station, for tomorrow's "Talk of the Nation". One of the topics will be whether the best reaction to a noose on a door is to just ignore it. . . .
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October 23, 2007 06:33 PM EDT --
This update came from the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism ( www.rac.org ):
Current federal law offers no protection to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees who are discriminated . . .
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December 13, 2007 05:06 PM EST --
The Pew Hispanic Center released results of its recent poll of about 2,000 Hispanics living in the U.S. (native-born and foreign-born), and compared it to similar poll from 5 years ago.
The percentage . . .
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October 16, 2007 01:24 PM EDT --
nohate.gather.com
Lately, I've been struck by how many conversations I've been getting pulled into (or starting) that touch on tolerance issues. And, I keep discovering that there are many similar . . .
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October 29, 2007 08:08 PM EDT --
Jon Entine has a couple of articles posted today about a new book that he has released. Though I haven't yet watched the video and don't know what he is suggesting, it looks like it meshes . . .
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November 07, 2007 08:49 AM EST --
Sure, we've talked about it before, but here is a TV News Report with interviews of KKK leader in Arkansas-Oklahoma area, and a former Klansman who now speaks out against them. The KKK (and . . .
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December 20, 2007 11:22 AM EST --
NPR's "Talk of the Nation" had an interesting 16-minute segment yesterday following up on Nobel Laureate James Watson's recent comments. Listen to it here. Writer Malcolm . . .
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January 23, 2008 12:36 PM EST --
I was able to bring my daughters (and their college student-after school sitter) to see Sen. Clinton up close and personal last night. It was a delight to see their reactions.
Our older (almost . . .
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January 25, 2008 01:17 PM EST --
New article by Rich Kaye . Using incorrect data from some "Dem election"(he can't remember which state), he reaches the conclusion that is summarized in the title (of this article). . . .
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November 16, 2007 11:50 AM EST --
I've written about my sheriff, Joe Arpaio, before. I've written articles and I've responded to some here on Gather who continue to post the mass e-mails that they receive praising the . . .
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March 19, 2008 03:59 PM EDT --
Early this morning, I finally got a chance to sit down at the computer and watch Sen. Obama's entire 40-minute speech (while reading along). I thought it was a wonderful speech, and it sets up a discussion . . .
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October 17, 2007 08:47 PM EDT --
Hot on the heels of starting the group "GATHER Discusses Tolerance", I came across this article in one of our community papers. An ASU professor examining children's literature . . .
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