Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It's progress.
Too often, opinion is a lens polished by the grit of bias. And as I stare through my own lens, I might ask how much polish can the grit of bias actually create?
(imp. & p. p.) of Bias
If you think your religion requires discrimination, you're probably misreading your faith.
From Colin A. Ross, 1995: The writer is the brother of the man who co-founded the False Memory Syndrome Foundation. He is writing to WGBH about a program called 'Divided Memories', which you may have...
When we hide discrimination under the guise of 'religious freedom,' we make a mockery of human rights.
It was after a Frontline television documentary screened in the US in 1995 that the Freyds' public profile as aggrieved parents provoked another rupture within the Freyd family, when William Freyd mad...
Building bridges takes us further than building walls.
Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed.
Those with unearned privileges often spin things as 'political correctness' to further silence those they wish to oppress.
What does religious freedom mean if we would use it as a cover for hate and privilege?
Today's 'religious freedom' policies should not be seen as a problem limited to LGBT people but as a co-optation of religion that affects us all.
I've fought for religious freedom and I can tell you that anti-gay 'religious freedom' bills aren't it.
Discrimination does not 'make America great.' It makes America weak.
Bigotry and sexism destroy the unity needed for a nation to live.
There is nothing 'honorable' or 'reasonable' in giving a pass to those who want to discriminate.
Racism is dead only to those who've closed their eyes and ears to the whole world around them.
It's not 'over-sensitivity' to ask to be treated with the same dignity and respect shown to others.
If you think being straight means you're being discriminated against, you're probably misreading your privilege.
I expected, as I approached the corporate world, to enter a brisk, logical, nonsense-free zone, almost like the military - or a disciplined, up-to-date military anyway - in its focus on concrete resul...