#culture Being Black In China – Heather Greenwood Davis shares some reflections as a black family visiting China: “It was amusing at first. And then it wasn’t. We couldn’t concentrate on tours because of all the cameras pointed at us. We couldn’t walk quickly due to the crowds swarming us. We were grumpy. What we …
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Web curations (19 Apr)
#media The template of disaster journalism – Jack Shafer from Reuters sums up the template that news editors use to cover catastrophes, and argues it leads to a “sameness” of what we hear on the news. Objecting to video preaching – Christopher Ash makes some worthwhile objections to the shift to regular preaching through video …
Web curations: Boston Marathon explosions (16 Apr)
(More to come, I’m sure, of this terrible tragedy) Carson Khan: By now, you’ve surely heard the horrific accounts of twin explosions at the 2013 Boston Marathon. As of 9:30 EDT, what is known is this: at 2:50pm, two improvised explosive devices containing ball-bearings were detonated in an act of terrorism near the finish of …
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Web curations (13 Apr)
#worldview Abortionist Kermit Gosnell and the silent media – This is a heartbreaking story that ultimately reveals the moral bankruptcy of the militant pro-choice ideology. Pennsylvania Family Institute sums the facts up with an infographic. Joe Carter and Trevin Wax offers additional input. Thus says the LORD: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and …
Web curations (9 Apr)
#worldview Generation Why? A bit of a writeup on workplace tendencies for my age group (those born between 1982-2000). According to the experts interviewed, Gen Y workers: tend to be highly self-reliant and have a high sense of self-worth believe they’re more employable, have higher intentions to quit their current job, and display more job-switching …