Stop xenophobia
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Stop xenophobia
Xenophobia is the fear of that which is perceived to be strange or foreign. This curation collection also includes all the 'isms' in the world; racism, sexism, etc. Including homophobia. When are people going to realise that this behaviour is not right. Please stop it now and be inclusive in your world views. Reduce the hate in the world and stop all forms of violence against people.
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September 25, 2017 4:55 PM
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'Vote no to fags': Outbreak of homophobic violence, vandalism in same-sex marriage campaign

'Vote no to fags': Outbreak of homophobic violence, vandalism in same-sex marriage campaign | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
A train carriage was scrawled with obscene graffiti and rocks were thrown into a home flying rainbow flags.
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September 25, 2017 4:45 PM
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Opinion | When Black Children Are Targeted for Punishment

Opinion | When Black Children Are Targeted for Punishment | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
Harsher discipline for black students is not just a Southern or state-level problem.
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September 20, 2017 7:39 PM
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A black Cornell student said he was beaten and called the n-word, roiling the Ivy League campus

A black Cornell student said he was beaten and called the n-word, roiling the Ivy League campus | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
Psi Upsilon said it's closing its chapter at Cornell University following the incident, which reportedly involved members of the fraternity.
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September 19, 2017 7:32 PM
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How One College Succeeded at Grappling With a Racist Past

How One College Succeeded at Grappling With a Racist Past | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
Comparing the methods of Oxford University in the U.K. with those of the University of Mississippi shows there’s much to learn from the latter’s conscientious attempts at dealing with its history of racism.
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September 16, 2017 8:23 PM
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Nakkiah Lui reimagines An Octoroon: 'It appeals to the contrarian in me'

Nakkiah Lui reimagines An Octoroon: 'It appeals to the contrarian in me' | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
The playwright-actor’s directorial debut reinterprets a blistering drama about race in America for an Australian context
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September 9, 2017 9:21 PM
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The Myth of the ISIS Female Suicide Bomber

The Myth of the ISIS Female Suicide Bomber | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
She is almost entirely fictitious—so why are some people so keen to believe otherwise?
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September 7, 2017 5:54 PM
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Holocaust survivor tells school students to speak out

Holocaust survivor tells school students to speak out | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
First-hand tale of horror and survival brings genocide home to kids.
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September 1, 2017 1:12 AM
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Racism is real, race is not: a philosopher's perspective

Racism is real, race is not: a philosopher's perspective | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
There is no good way to make sense of the category "race" from biological or social perspectives.
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August 30, 2017 9:37 AM
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Racist place names in Queensland's north to be wiped off maps - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Racist place names in Queensland's north to be wiped off maps - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
Ten localities in Queensland's north containing the N-word will be discontinued and renamed.
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August 23, 2017 3:56 PM
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How to respond to the worldwide upswing in racism

How to respond to the worldwide upswing in racism | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
For all our success on race relations in recent decades, some believe it is acceptable again to vent racial hostility openly.
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August 22, 2017 2:07 PM
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Malcolm Turnbull condemns homophobic material in marriage equality debate

Malcolm Turnbull condemns homophobic material in marriage equality debate | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
Prime minister says it is not possible to stop people saying hurtful things in same-sex marriage postal survey campaign without shutting down free speech
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August 18, 2017 1:19 AM
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Analysis | Chinese state media made a racist video about India and is censoring its critics

Analysis | Chinese state media made a racist video about India and is censoring its critics | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
The video features a Chinese actor, dressed in a turban and phony beard, reciting lines in English but in a manner Indians “are perceived to speak."
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August 15, 2017 8:50 AM
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West Auckland pastor preaches gay people should be shot

West Auckland pastor preaches gay people should be shot | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
A West Auckland pastor has delivered a sermon calling for gay people to be shot.

Westcity Bible Baptist Church pastor Logan Robertson agrees his comments are hate speech but is unapologetic.

Footage posted online at the end of July shows Robertson making highly offensive comments against homosexuals. His words have been roundly condemned by another Christian leader.
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September 25, 2017 4:46 PM
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How to respond to the worldwide upswing in racism

How to respond to the worldwide upswing in racism | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
For all our success on race relations in recent decades, some believe it is acceptable again to vent racial hostility openly.
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September 21, 2017 8:02 PM
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‘Political whores’: Sam slams AFL

‘Political whores’: Sam slams AFL | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
SAM Newman has slammed the AFL in a heated on-air rant on the Footy Show over its public support for gay marriage.
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September 20, 2017 3:30 AM
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Sikh boy wins Australia school turban fight

Sikh boy wins Australia school turban fight | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
A tribunal says the Christian school discriminated against the boy by not letting him wear a turban.
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September 17, 2017 1:21 AM
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Same-sex marriage survey: Facebook accounts targeted with homophobic slurs

Same-sex marriage survey: Facebook accounts targeted with homophobic slurs | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
Material ranging from the apocalyptic to global conspiracies being used to try to sway Australians’ votes in postal survey

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September 13, 2017 6:20 AM
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8-year-old biracial boy was hung from rope by N.H. teenagers because of his race, family says

8-year-old biracial boy was hung from rope by N.H. teenagers because of his race, family says | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
Police are investigating the family's claim. They confirmed that the boy was treated at a hospital.
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September 9, 2017 3:31 AM
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Edith Eger's Holocaust memoir: 'I condemned my mother to the gas chamber with one wrong word'

Edith Eger's Holocaust memoir: 'I condemned my mother to the gas chamber with one wrong word' | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
Woman accidentally sentenced her mother to death at Auschwitz.
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September 4, 2017 9:21 AM
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University reaches out to Islamic community after lecturer's Muslim comment

University reaches out to Islamic community after lecturer's Muslim comment | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
The University of Waikato is reassuring its Islamic community that it does not condone discrimination after one of its lecturers implied on social media that employers should not hire Muslims because they stop to pray five times a day.

And Zumber Mohammed, who complained to the university about the post by American and history lecturer Dr Raymond Richards on a Z Energy Facebook page last Friday about diversity in the workplace, has also been contacted by the university thanking him for alerting them to the matter and telling him the university had very clear expectations of staff conduct.
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August 31, 2017 1:36 AM
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Is Hollywood Learning a Lesson About Whitewashing?

Is Hollywood Learning a Lesson About Whitewashing? | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
After the immediate backlash to his casting, the actor Ed Skrein stepped down from playing a character in the Hellboy reboot who was originally written as Asian American.
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August 25, 2017 2:01 AM
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A black man went undercover online as a white supremacist. This is what he learned.

A black man went undercover online as a white supremacist. This is what he learned. | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
As soon as Theo Wilson started making YouTube videos about culture and race, trolls using racial slurs started flocking to his page.

After engaging in endless sparring matches in the comments section, Wilson began to notice something curious: His trolls seemed to speak a language unto themselves, one replete with the same twisted facts and false history. It was as if they had all passed through some “dimensional doorway,” arriving from an alternative universe where history, politics and commonly accepted facts had been turned inside out.
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August 23, 2017 1:00 AM
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Racial tensions are at a high. Are we on the verge of another Cronulla? | Rachael Jacobs

Racial tensions are at a high. Are we on the verge of another Cronulla? | Rachael Jacobs | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
As a woman of colour in Australia my life is punctuated by insults and verbal abuse. In Charlottesville we were reminded how easily hateful words can turn into hateful actions
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August 18, 2017 1:22 AM
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Australian Senator Wears Burqa in Parliament to Push for Ban

Australian Senator Wears Burqa in Parliament to Push for Ban | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
The move by Pauline Hanson, the leader of the anti-immigrant One Nation party, drew strong criticism, with one lawmaker denouncing it as “appalling.”
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August 16, 2017 9:09 AM
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Opinion | What Jewish Children Learned From Charlottesville

Opinion | What Jewish Children Learned From Charlottesville | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
I thought this generation was free of the anti-Semitism I knew. On Saturday, that changed.
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