#DISCRIMINATION

Today (ToDAY!) is the 30th anniversary of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and I'm about to let y'all know why you should care. 1/ The ADA was signed into
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I’m still working my way through the #motherandbabyhomes report (https://tinyurl.com/y222hes3 ) but three of the key problems for me so far: (thread)1. My main issue with the report is the way
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1/ "Your wound is your gift to your community"I believe a healed wound can a generative gift that helps heal others, but an unhealed wound that's channeled is a virus
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It's MLK Day, the day in America when politicians who absolutely would have opposed Martin Luther King Jr. quote him to cast a sheen of legitimacy on their causes. MLK
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1/ Steer v Stormsure - does it breach EU law &/or the ECHR that there's no interim relief remedy available for discriminatory dismissals under the EqA even though it's available
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Some initial thoughts on the disability discrimination section of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission Report. First, more work is needed to seek out & respect the views of disabled
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Platitudes are great and I know they can make a difference in people's lives. But "awareness" and "prevention" days and months can only make so much of a difference. #WSPD2020
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Remember cars swarming Biden's bus in Texas at high speed on the highway, forcing the campaign to cancel events?That was organized by a former police detective and one of the
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@theoasis_pr I am Matthew Blaise and, coming into this new year, I have thought to give new light, perspective, and structure to my advocacy and drive towards a more equitable
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I owe a huge debt of gratitude to my twin brother for the person I am today. He is the reason I'm a doctor. He's the "why" behind a lot
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Immediately after the 2016 election, I wrote a piece on Trump's victory. Like other JOCs, I pointed to racism as the center. It's striking to me how so many mainstream
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So I downloaded the "cheat sheet" mentioned in the Thunberg Files (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FJQ1c8cy0-dSlkOaunoDVnflS6Uk5c_3/view) . Word doc seems to have been created in 12 Dec 2020. The author is listed as "SM"
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abled people: it's your time to show up for #DisabilityPrideMonth. we, disabled people still have to do 99% of the work and advocacy for ourselves, because ableism still dominates every
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In December 2020 the Scottish Government published the Chief Statistician’s Draft Guidance on Sex and Gender in Data, and invited feedback by 12 Feb. We have produced a short overview
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This by Karen Attiah is deeply irresponsible:“The attack was a national trauma, for a non-Muslim population that fears Islam. On the other hand, many Muslims find themselves on the receiving
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It's instructive this dude asked such a performative question.There are many people in the comments giving coherent replies, and he's ignored them all... because the question wasn't a good faith
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