Media - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/media/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Fri, 15 Nov 2024 19:54:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 From Media to Movies: Addressing Native American Stereotypes https://bahaiteachings.org/media-movies-addressing-native-american-stereotypes/ https://bahaiteachings.org/media-movies-addressing-native-american-stereotypes/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86045 Western white family watching a stereotypical movie with Native Americans on the screenOn November 7, The Washington Post reported, “The FBI and authorities in several states are investigating racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide this week saying they would be...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/media-movies-addressing-native-american-stereotypes/feed/ 3 From Mammy to Jezebel: Stereotypes Fueling Misogynoir https://bahaiteachings.org/mammy-jezebel-stereotypes-fueling-misogynoir/ https://bahaiteachings.org/mammy-jezebel-stereotypes-fueling-misogynoir/#comments Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=84525 Why are Black women subjected to more hostile sexism and receive less care and aid as a result? Why are Black women, on average, three times more likely to die...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/mammy-jezebel-stereotypes-fueling-misogynoir/feed/ 3 How Artist Oletha DeVane Honors Our African Ancestors https://bahaiteachings.org/how-artist-oletha-devane-honors-our-african-ancestors/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-artist-oletha-devane-honors-our-african-ancestors/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=83619 Artist Oletha DeVane next to the memorial she designed for the enslaved and freed“My life’s goal as an artist is to unlock the secrets to the oldest stories and create new ones,” wrote Oletha DeVane, a Baha’i multidisciplinary artist. RELATED: How One Playwright...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-artist-oletha-devane-honors-our-african-ancestors/feed/ 0 Fake or Fact: How to Increase Your Power of Understanding https://bahaiteachings.org/fake-or-fact-how-to-increase-your-power-of-understanding/ https://bahaiteachings.org/fake-or-fact-how-to-increase-your-power-of-understanding/#respond Thu, 25 Aug 2022 10:37:02 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77851 The power of understanding – our remarkable, unique human intellectual faculty – processes incoming information and accepts it as a part of reality, or rejects it as fiction.  According to Baha’u’llah, the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/fake-or-fact-how-to-increase-your-power-of-understanding/feed/ 0 Do Movies Romanticize Domestic Violence? https://bahaiteachings.org/do-movies-romanticize-domestic-violence/ https://bahaiteachings.org/do-movies-romanticize-domestic-violence/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77934 According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 35.6% of women in the US “have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.” This domestic violence...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/do-movies-romanticize-domestic-violence/feed/ 6 The Effects of Violence in Video Games, Movies, and TV Shows https://bahaiteachings.org/effects-violence-in-video-games-movies-tv-shows/ https://bahaiteachings.org/effects-violence-in-video-games-movies-tv-shows/#respond Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77866 A 2002 report by the United States Department of Education and the Secret Service examined 37 incidents of targeted school shootings and school attacks from 1974 to 2000 in the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/effects-violence-in-video-games-movies-tv-shows/feed/ 0 Baha’i Principles for the News Media https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-principles-for-the-news-media/ https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-principles-for-the-news-media/#respond Sat, 07 May 2022 13:00:36 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=76454 The Baha’i Faith – the first world religion whose history coincides with the spread of mass media – traces its origin to the night of May 22-23, 1844 in Shiraz,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-principles-for-the-news-media/feed/ 0 How to Make the News a Little Less Traumatic https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-make-the-news-a-little-less-traumatic/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-make-the-news-a-little-less-traumatic/#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=73472 Hi. My name is David, and I’m a news addict. I subscribe to and read three different newspapers each morning, and watch or listen to at least an hour of...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/ways-advocating-for-womens-rights/feed/ 0 When You Watch TV News, You’re Half of the Conversation https://bahaiteachings.org/when-you-watch-tv-news-youre-half-of-the-conversation/ https://bahaiteachings.org/when-you-watch-tv-news-youre-half-of-the-conversation/#respond Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:00:31 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=71914 This past year of pandemic sequestering has allowed people to take time for more introspection, pay attention to social issues, and determine to make positive changes in society – but...

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