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- Dictionaryindignity/ɪnˈdɪɡnɪti/
noun
- 1. treatment or circumstances that cause one to feel shame or to lose one's dignity: "the indignity of needing financial help"
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1 day ago · The second is the indignity of police harassment that marred my Juneteenth book release party for “We Alive, Beloved,” a celebration held in an event space in Brooklyn. As we gathered to honor the resilience and creativity of Black existence, daring to revel in the melodies of Marvin Gaye on a sunlit afternoon, the police intruded, as if to ...
4 days ago · When faced with humiliation, indignity, and even violence, people look to their partners and friends who become their chosen family. These chosen families often outlast natal families as a source of immeasurable support, love, mutual aid, and social respect.”
3 days ago · Racism is discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity. Racism can be present in social actions, practices, or political systems (e.g. apartheid) that support the expression of prejudice or aversion in discriminatory practices.
5 days ago · Classic depiction of an angel as a winged human. Painting by Bernhard Plockhorst, image public domain. Suppose that, one evening on the news, you hear about a strange occurrence. In various parts of the world, without any apparent relation, a fraction of newborns enter this world with a set of wings on their backs.
4 days ago · “But it was the indignity of incontinence which made my mother want to end her life. For her, and I know this isn’t the same for everybody, the tipping point in her quality of life was the inability to control her bowels. It depressed her so completely that her dignity was, on a daily basis, stretched beyond breaking point.
4 days ago · A look back at Ernest Cole, one of the most important anti-Apartheid photographers, whose subversive work affirms the image’s capacity to question authority and continues to resonate in the contemporary moment. Photographs by Ernest Cole. Text by Miller Bianucci.
3 days ago · Toronto police are looking for a convicted sex offender for allegedly concealing a person’s dead body and they’re warning members of vulnerable communities to be especially cautious.
