The Discrimination as Persecution for Speaking Up
This is a very powerful segment of Jane Elliott, the US educator famous for the Blue Eyed series based on Nazism. She is with a group of ‘white’ teenagers. Her style of teaching is experiential and aggressive as she takes on the role of the oppressor. She configures her work to… Continue reading
Kashmir: Inequality and Discriminaton is why an 8 year old was Raped
This was sent to me by a friend Assabah Kahn, Rotary Peace fellow whom I studied with in Bangkok. She is a journalist dealing with the horrors of Kashmir suppressed by India in an occupation without end it seems. She has seen the deaths for herself, she has seen the brutality of oppression,… Continue reading
Violence Against Women and Musings about Misogyny
Here in Australia there were questions about the way the former PM Julia Gillard was treated not only by the current Prime Minister Tony Abbott but by talk back radio who didn’t seem to be able to accord the respect of public office to a woman. Former PM Julia Gillard raised the misogyny issue,… Continue reading
The Persecution of the Hazara People is a Holocaust in Afghanistan
I have written the word holocaust in this heading as I just interviewed a Jewish woman who is a survivor of the Holocaust. She explained to me the hatred of the Nazi’s towards the Jews and how they saw them as vermon. They were tortured, experimented on and persecuted during the Second World… Continue reading
Repression: Autonomous Collective, Dictatorship or Self Realisation?
I awoke this morning with the word ‘repression’ in my mind. It was the answer to a long standing question I had experienced during a conflict with management. I had asked why I had been treated the way I had by using the silent treatment (stonewalling) rather than seeking pathways to resolve the conflict, which… Continue reading
Discrimination is the Stripes on Pyjamas Imprisoning Humanity
Today I went to a supermarket I have never been to and found the DVD on ‘The Boy in Striped Pyjamas’. I recalled having cried over this movie some years ago and felt it was important for children to see this film. I was surprised to discover that today is the anniversary of Nakba the… Continue reading