Lead author Naomi Priest, associate professor of the ANU Centre for Social Research & Methods, said the study found high levels of negative racial stereotyping toward non-whites of all ages among adults working or volunteering with children. Highest levels of negative attitudes were found toward blacks across all stereotypes measured (lazy, unintelligent, violent and having unhealthy habits), with Native American, and Hispanic/Latinx seen as similarly negative on several stereotypes. These were most pronounced toward adults, but seen even toward young children aged 0-8 years.
- Young Latinos are largely U.S. born.
- The population of the youngest Latinos, those under 18 years old, grew by 22% from 2006 to 2016, a Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data finds.
- Latinos accounted for 25% of the nation’s 54 million K-12 students in 2016, up from 16% in 2000.
- Hispanic intermarriage rates tend to be higher among younger adults than they are among older adults.
- About 14% of Americans ages 18 to 35 with Hispanic ancestry do not identify as Hispanic.
- Many young Hispanics speak English … yet Spanish is a part of the lives of Hispanics of all ages.
- Many young Hispanic adults heard Spanish spoken at home while they were growing up, and today they speak Spanish to their children.
- Though Spanish use is widespread, most young Latinos said you don’t have to speak Spanish to be considered Latino.
- Young Hispanic adults believe in core parts of the American dream.
Why are so many teenage girls appearing in gender clinics?
Dr Littman thinks that some adolescents may embrace the idea that they are transgender as a way of coping with symptoms of a different, underlying issue. Almost two-thirds of the children had one or more diagnoses of a psychiatric or developmental disorder preceding the onset of gender dysphoria; nearly half had self-harmed or experienced some trauma. This is consistent with other studies of gender dysphoria when it sets in during puberty. Some people distract themselves from emotional pain by drinking, taking drugs, cutting or starving themselves. Dr Littman suggests that, for some, gender dysphoria may also be in this category.
How I Get Involved in Telling the Jesus Story
I certainly get there are people much smoother and better at this than I am.
But I have resolved not to wait until the time is perfect. I cannot tell you how many times I have shared Jesus with people that have known Christians as neighbors and friends but never had any of them say anything to them.
Even visitors at church who never understood what the next steps were.
Our goal needs to be to mobilize and encourage the different parts of the body to work together on mission, while utilizing our different gifts and opportunities. We want to encourage people to be bold enough to speak about what Jesus has done for them, and we also want to help them have realistic next steps for their friends to hear the gospel clearly explained.
Five Key Reasons Churches Become More Unified
- They have a community outward focus.
- They come through a crisis.
- They have leadership that keeps them on track.
- They have a low tolerance for gossiping and bullying.
- They have a clear and actionable vision statement.
Let’s bring back the Sabbath as a radical act against ‘total work’
When taken seriously, the Sabbath has the power to restructure not only the calendar but also the entire political economy. In place of an economy built upon the profit motive – the ever-present need for more, in fact the need for there to never be enough – the Sabbath puts forward an economy built upon the belief that there is enough. But few who observe the Sabbath are willing to consider its full implications, and therefore few who do not observe it have reason to find any value in it.
The problem is that Bixby buttons are also stepping stones on the way to cruft. Once you create a dedicated sign or button or resource, it’s very difficult to uncreate it. The few who count on it will scream if you try to take it away. The elegance and efficiency of the tool you built will forever be hampered by the fact that you have to support a Bixby button.
How to win friends – and keep them
Yes, friendships take time, work and kindness. But the handful I have are good for more than my health; they are good for my soul. An hour with a friend is pure oxygen, the relief of being seen and known and seeing and knowing in return. I cherish that, in my own clumsy, careless way, but now I’m determined to cherish it more actively and more carefully. If I were my friends, I’d be sourly sceptical about this miraculous conversion; thankfully, they’re far better friends than I am.
Not All Moms Cry at University Drop-Offs
So much of parenting comes with pressure to do certain things, make certain choices. We can be judgmental to the point of cruelty toward other parents.
The ones who cry? Weak, mushy, unprepared, overly emotional, too attached.
The ones who don’t cry? Cold, pushing the kid out, unloving, distant.
I call bull-oney on all that. I’m done with “supposed to” and “should”. I faced enough of that in our decision to send the kids to boarding school, or way back to when we moved to Somaliland in 2003. Faced enough of it when I gave birth in Djibouti, when I used disposable diapers, when I breastfed or pumped or bottle-fed, when I just wanted to get to the end of the day with everyone mostly fed and mostly clean.
‘For me, this is paradise’: life in the Spanish city that banned cars
The benefits are numerous. On the same streets where 30 people died in traffic accidents from 1996 to 2006, only three died in the subsequent 10 years, and none since 2009. CO2 emissions are down 70%, nearly three-quarters of what were car journeys are now made on foot or by bicycle, and, while other towns in the region are shrinking, central Pontevedra has gained 12,000 new inhabitants. Also, withholding planning permission for big shopping centres has meant that small businesses – which elsewhere have been unable to withstand Spain’s prolonged economic crisis – have managed to stay afloat.