http://www.ted.com/talks/a_sense_of_humor_about_afghanistan_an_artist_shows_how.html
One of the challenges of international business is encountering people whose ideas of politeness are different from your own. This commercial for HBSC bank provides an example.
This Argentinean bank commercial features a transgender woman. It talks about tolerance and teach us that all people are the same even if they are straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.
We pay attention to some things and not others… This video illustrates how our perception encourages us to see some things and not others!
What do you think of when you think of Ethiopia? This music video by an Ethiopian girl band might challenge some of those stereotypes!
A poem by Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley of the 2012 National Poetry Slam Championship team, Team SNO (Slam New Orleans). The importance of names, stereotypes, and identity are addressed in this poem.
Ever have a hard time telling someone that they said something racist? Great advice in this video!
What do you think about when you think about a typical African man? Probably not these young men! Hollywood stereotypes exposed (watch until the end)!
This YouTube video is one of my favorite resources to use when talking about stereotypes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS3iB47nQ6E&list=PL062B9D2855ED7A20&index=6
Angelina Jolie wrote in the New York Times yesterday about her choice to have a double mastectomy, given her genetic predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer. However, she brings up issues of access to testing and the high cost. I’m glad she’s talking about this important issue (and encouraging others to talk about topics that were once taboo), but it also brings up serious issues related to health care in the U.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/opinion/my-medical-choice.html?_r=0
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