Why are the disabled represented by able people?
By Stephen Pate Why are people with disabilities represented by able people? Women don’t have men leading their groups. Today I had lunch at the LEAF PEI meeting. I was the only male in the group....
View ArticlePEI’s Human Rights record nothing to brag about
PEI is not a Province that works actively to ensure its citizens enjoy their rights under the Charter On April 17th, 2008 Tourism Minister Valerie Docherty rose in the Legislature of the Province of...
View ArticleCivil Rights violations at UPEI
Discrimination against people with disabilities at the University of PEI is similar to the exclusion of blacks at US colleges prior to the Civil Rights Act. The discrimination is physical exclusion by...
View ArticleBigotry and discrimination at Music PEI
updated May 15, 2009 Editor’s note – this article struck a chord with many Islanders. One person who uses a wheelchair part of the time said she carries color copies to hand out to people. It was the...
View ArticleYoung and sexy Abercrombie look discriminates against minorities
Deliberate marketing policy hires models with white American non-ethnic values Story from BBC Magazine The stir over Riam Dean’s claim she was discriminated against because of her disability is...
View ArticleDifferent is not lesser
Discrimination starts with attitudes and language. Actions follow words with verbal abuse and potentially physical abuse Discriminatory words and attitudes can be used to isolate and denigrate...
View ArticleThere Is No Room In The Inn
Why did the President of the Press Gallery say those words about the first blogger in the PEI Press Gallery? What prompted him to quote from Bible about the birth of Jesus Christ?
View ArticleShort People Got No Reason
Intelligent, musical, and satirical Randy Newman is an enigma who created great music his own way
View ArticleFrom the Civil Rights Act to the Disabilities Treaty
Ratification of the Disabilities Treaty helps break down those shameful walls of exclusion around the world
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