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Trump once left a voicemail for conservative journalist Tucker Carlson, saying: “It’s true you have better hair than I do. But I get more pussy than you do.”. And then there are Trump’s ...
The word ‘bigot’ applies to all racists, but ‘racist’ does not apply to all bigots. A racist—someone who holds the belief that race determines human traits and capacities and in the inherent superiority of a particular race—is, by definition, also a bigot, someone who regards or treats the members of a particular group with hatred ...
Sep 8, 2019 · A person who is classified as a bigot, a hater, a racist, a sexist ,or the like is unlikely to change his or her heart or mind by being “called out." In fact, it is likely to increase his or her ...
- The Brink: How Did Your Research For Your Book First Start?
- Did Anything Surprise You While You Were Researching For Your Book?
- What Are Some of The Biggest Takeaways You Hope Your Book’S Readers Will have?
- Should We Still Use The Word Bigot, Since It Is Thrown Around So Much?
- What Gives You Hope For The Feminists of The Future?
Linda McClain: I started [research for my book] in 2013, when former Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in a landmark same-sex marriage equality case, United States v. Windsor. Edith Windsor, a vibrant 81-year-old woman, had sued the federal government because when her spouse, Thea Spyer, died, Windsor didn’t qualify as a surviving ...
It was striking how much more frequently the language of bigotry featured in the context of racism, anti-Semitism, and nativism, rather than sexism. One of the things I say in my book is that bigotry is a rhetorical tool. Someone says, “you are branding me a bigot!” and that’s like a tactic for saying, “I’m not like those odious racists of the past...
No one wants to be called a bigot, so people often flip the charges of bigotry. When Congress debated the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, some opponents of the bill denied that segregation was a form of bigotry. Instead, they argued that the proponents of the bill were the real bigots. A less obvious takeaway is that while condemning bigotry see...
The term is so evocative—again, no one wants to be called a bigot—that there are contexts in which it makes sense to use the term sparingly. There are powerful historical lessons about forms of discrimination and inequality that I think many people would agree warrant the term bigotry. People want to learn from the past and not repeat it or fail to...
My students are startled when they read feminist agendas from the 19th century and the early 20th century, that [advocate for] paid child care, reproductive self-determination, and access to jobs [un]restricted by sex. Much of that agenda remains today. They are also inspired by historical figures like Pauli Murray, the first African American woman...
Topping calls this “giving them grace.”. It’s a powerful idea: “Giving grace ... means being able to hear someone say something that can be hurtful, and trying to think about how to have a ...
Apr 20, 2014 · Bigots are not born, they are made by the people and the society around them. Our brains and minds are shaped by culture. To quote a great American linguist, Edward Sapir: Human beings do not live ...
Jun 5, 2017 · The notion that many of us suffer from various forms of implicit bias has become so commonplace that it was even mentioned by Hillary Clinton in one of her presidential debates with Trump. "I ...
