Click Here to Read: Germany Begins to Apologize for a Different Genocide: Historians think slaughter in Africa was the first genocide of 20th century
By Elizabeth Armstrong Moore on the newser website on August 19, 2017.
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Society for Humanistic Psychology: Division 32 APA Response to Racism and Violence in Charlottesville, and its Aftermath
Society for Humanistic Psychology: Division 32 APA Response to Racism and Violence in Charlottesville, and its Aftermath
It is not hate that kills, as much as it is silence. That is why Division 32 of the American Psychological Association is encouraging all caring parties to likewise give voice to the values that stand for our very humanity, as Humanistic Psychology emphasizes. In response to hate speech and violence in Charlottesville, it is clear that the White House was unable to display spontaneous benevolent leadership and awareness of the role a president plays during national crises, stepping up in critical moments to set an ethical bar as well as legal ones. Yet, we needn’t be surprised by this lag in conscience, a lack of emotional intelligence or well thought out advance planning born of a self-reflective exploration, because there is nothing on which to base such an expectation.
In the context of mindful approaches to psychotherapy, every moment of life conditions the moment that comes after it, or said another way, every moment is conditioned by the one that came before it, by the one that preceded it. We must act thoughtfully, mindfully, and compassionately because cause and effect are interdependent. Reactions are spontaneous, empathy and leadership organically arise to meet the moment, producing human, and humane, responses. Thus, what we saw in Charlottesville was the result of all the many, many moments that caused it, that came before, that preceded it. Continue reading Society for Humanistic Psychology: Division 32 APA Response to Racism and Violence in Charlottesville, and its Aftermath
The North’s Role in Supplying the South with Confederate Monuments
Click Here to Read: The North’s Role in Supplying the South with Confederate Monuments: Confederate monuments would not exist in such large numbers without mass production, which, in the wake of the Civil War, took place more often in the North than in the South by Lola Arellano-Fryer on the HyperAllergic Website on June 15, 2017.