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Bad Marxist – Good capitalistic World (1)

Initial situation A woman sits in the coffee house. She’s nice and neatly dressed, around 50 years old, but you can tell she doesn’t spend a lot of money on her wardrobe. Of course, it’s not clear whether it’s because she can...

Discrimination is not only a human and civil rights offensive, also a negative impact on health insurance and medical outcome

Discrimination is not only a human and civil rights offensive, also a negative impact on health insurance and medical outcome Permissions : This efforts are trained under an imaginative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License. You s...

Generation equality: female representation in academia

This month we are focusing on gender equality. In this blogpost our author provides an insight into gender equality in academia. And gives some helpful tips what you can do to support women in academia!

Is language discrimination still a thing? 

It is still common to judge people for the way they speak. Native speakers may often drop barbed remarks about the speaking abilities of others without. As a result, people may feel isolated and alienated, which may lead to psychological problems or co...

The dwindling concept of ‘home’

In this piece a self-proclaimed military brat explores the concept of home. Having lived in 7 different countries due to his fathers work, the author writes about what a home means and his priviledge to chose his own home.

colorism – another bias that contributes to social inequality

Colorism is a form of discrimination. It disadvantages dark-skinned people while privileging those with lighter skin.This form of a racial discrimination based on the shade of an individual’s skin tone can occur both within a specific group and acro...

Yes, this is a sexist term and here is why…

The way we talk shapes the way we perceive the world. A lot of times we dont even know that the words we used could be consired sexist. This is why we put together this little guide to help you fight against sexism with a linguistic approach

The urgency of intersectionality

Discrimination has so many faces – due to biases, we often dont see them. An intersectional approach helps us understand the different facets of discrimination that marginalized groups are facing. Kimberlé Crenshaw urges us to understand and counter...