Which, of course, would be neither at Ground Zero nor is it a mosque. But the loudest protesters seem to have overlooked that. Go figure...
Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:31 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie <[email protected] > wrote: > It seems that there are lots of lessons/topics for a psychologist to > discuss in class with respect to the current 'islamaphobia'. Of course such > a discussion could be structured around social psychological work on > prejudice and discrimination but also emotions in general. This author > suggests that fear and not prejudice is the cause of opposition to the > Not-at-Ground-Zero Mosque. > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/opinion/05kristof.html?src=me&ref=general > Marie > > **************************************************** > Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Psychology > Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360 > Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011) > http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html > **************************************************** > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Palij [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 15:08 > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Cc: Mike Palij > Subject: [tips] They Too Died That Day > > An article in the NY Times focuses on one family that deals with > their grief over the loss of a father and husband in the 9/11 attack > on the World Trade Center. How they have dealth with the attack > and the aftermath should give us and, if we share with our students, > pause. See: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/nyregion/10muslim.html?_r=1&th=&emc=th&pagewanted=all > > The fact that the family is Muslim would be incidental except for > the recent madness manifesting itself in U.S. religious and political > circles. I wonder what critical thinking lessons psychologists will > teach about this madness? > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=4705 > or send a blank email to > leave-4705-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=4731 > or send a blank email to > leave-4731-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4732 or send a blank email to leave-4732-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
