{"id":4981,"date":"2018-06-15T21:32:12","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T05:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4981"},"modified":"2018-06-15T21:32:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T05:32:12","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-156","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/06\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-156","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 156"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions. If you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n

Also, 156 is three sets of 52, which means I\u2019ve been doing this for a lit\u00adtle over three years now (I some\u00adtimes take a week or two off). Yay!<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. Mr. Rogers Had a Sim\u00adple Set of Rules for Talk\u00ading to Chil\u00addren<\/a> (Maxwell King, The Atlantic): \u201c1. \u2018State the idea you wish to express as clear\u00adly as pos\u00adsi\u00adble, and in terms preschool\u00aders can under\u00adstand.\u2019 Exam\u00adple: It is dan\u00adger\u00adous to play in the street.<\/em> 2. \u201cRephrase in a pos\u00adi\u00adtive man\u00adner,\u201d as in It is good to play where it is safe. <\/em>3. \u201cRephrase the idea, bear\u00ading in mind that preschool\u00aders can\u00adnot yet make sub\u00adtle dis\u00adtinc\u00adtions and need to be redi\u00adrect\u00aded to author\u00adi\u00adties they trust.\u201d As in, Ask your par\u00adents where it is safe to play.\u201d <\/em>There are sev\u00ader\u00adal more rules, most equal\u00adly good for talk\u00ading to adults.<\/li>\n
  2. The Lifes\u00adpan of a Lie<\/a> (Ben Blum, Medi\u00adum): \u201cThe appeal of the Stan\u00adford prison exper\u00adi\u00adment seems to go deep\u00ader than its sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic valid\u00adi\u00adty, per\u00adhaps because it tells us a sto\u00adry about our\u00adselves that we des\u00adper\u00adate\u00adly want to believe: that we, as indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals, can\u00adnot real\u00adly be held account\u00adable for the some\u00adtimes rep\u00adre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adble things we do.\u201d The arti\u00adcle claims, con\u00advinc\u00ading\u00adly, that the Stan\u00adford Prison Exper\u00adi\u00adment did not hap\u00adpen at all the way we have been taught. Wow.<\/li>\n
  3. When Diver\u00adsi\u00adty Means Uni\u00adfor\u00admi\u00adty<\/a> (Lionel Shriv\u00ader, The Spec\u00adta\u00adtor): \u201cWill Nor\u00adman, London\u2019s \u2018walk\u00ading and cycling com\u00admis\u00adsion\u00ader\u2019, bemoaned the fact that too many cyclists in the city are white, male and mid\u00addle-class. \u2018The real chal\u00adlenge for Lon\u00addon cycling,\u2019 he declared, \u2018is diver\u00adsi\u00adty.\u2019 As opposed to build\u00ading more cycle lanes for every\u00adbody<\/em>, or fix\u00ading pot\u00adholes lethal to everybody\u2019s <\/em>wheel rims, Nor\u00adman regards his prin\u00adci\u00adpal func\u00adtion as increas\u00ading black and minor\u00adi\u00adty eth\u00adnic rid\u00ader\u00adship.\u201d This anec\u00addote is not the focus of the arti\u00adcle.<\/li>\n
  4. Of Boys and Toys<\/a> (Leonard Sax, Insti\u00adtute For Fam\u00adi\u00adly Stud\u00adies): \u201c\u2026they found that lit\u00adtle children\u2014boys especially\u2014had bare\u00adly a clue which gen\u00adder they belonged to, even when the psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgists used the sim\u00adplest non\u00adver\u00adbal prompts. Kids under two years of age score only slight\u00adly above chance in assign\u00ading them\u00adselves or oth\u00ader kids to the cor\u00adrect gen\u00adder. Nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless, Serbin\u2019s group found that children\u2019s toy pref\u00ader\u00adences are firm\u00adly in place by this age, espe\u00adcial\u00adly among boys. When the exper\u00adi\u00admenters offered boys a truck or a doll, most boys chose the truck. In fact, boys pre\u00adferred trucks over dolls more strong\u00adly than girls pre\u00adferred dolls over trucks. That ought to be sur\u00adpris\u00ading if you buy into gen\u00adder schema the\u00ado\u00adry because 18-month-old girls were more like\u00adly than boys to be able to clas\u00adsi\u00adfy them\u00adselves and oth\u00ader chil\u00addren by gen\u00adder. If gen\u00adder schema the\u00ado\u00adry is cor\u00adrect, the girls should show a stronger pref\u00ader\u00adence for gen\u00adder-typ\u00adi\u00adcal toys because girls this age are more like\u00adly to know that they are, in fact, girls. But the real\u00adi\u00adty is just the oppo\u00adsite.\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. Har\u00advard Rat\u00aded Asian-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Appli\u00adcants Low\u00ader on Per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty Traits, Law\u00adsuit Says<\/a> (Hadley Green, New York Times): \u201cThey com\u00adpare Harvard\u2019s treat\u00adment of Asian-Amer\u00adi\u00adcans with its well-doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded cam\u00adpaign to reduce the grow\u00ading num\u00adber of Jews being admit\u00adted to Har\u00advard in the 1920s. Until then, appli\u00adcants had been admit\u00adted on aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic mer\u00adit. To avoid adopt\u00ading a bla\u00adtant quo\u00adta sys\u00adtem, Har\u00advard intro\u00adduced sub\u00adjec\u00adtive cri\u00adte\u00adria like char\u00adac\u00adter, per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty and promise. The plain\u00adtiffs call this the \u2018orig\u00adi\u00adnal sin of holis\u00adtic admis\u00adsions.\u2019\u201d What are the odds they are the only high\u00adly-selec\u00adtive uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty to do this?<\/li>\n
  6. Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Reli\u00adgious Lead\u00aders Are Denounc\u00ading Trump Immi\u00adgra\u00adtion Poli\u00adcies<\/a> (Lau\u00adrie Good\u00adstein, New York Times): \u201cA coali\u00adtion of evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal groups, includ\u00ading the Nation\u00adal Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion of Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals and the Coun\u00adcil for Chris\u00adt\u00adian Col\u00adleges and Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties, sent a let\u00adter to Pres\u00adi\u00addent Trump on June 1 plead\u00ading with him to pro\u00adtect the uni\u00adty of fam\u00adi\u00adlies and not to close off all avenues to asy\u00adlum for immi\u00adgrants and refugees flee\u00ading dan\u00adger.\u201d\n