How a history of stigma still deters some Black Quebecers from donating blood
Policies dating back to the 1980s likely still play a role in the distrust some in Quebec's Black communities feel toward donating blood, but people like Stanley Étienne, working with Héma-Québec, strive to encourage more people to look past that history to save lives today.
#stigma #discrimination #healthcare #Quebec
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/black-blood-donations-quebec-9.7087761?cmp=rss
How a history of stigma still deters some Black Quebecers from donating blood
Policies dating back to the 1980s likely still play a role in the distrust some in Quebec's Black communities feel toward donating blood, but people like Stanley Étienne, working with Héma-Québec, strive to encourage more people to look past that history to save lives today.
#stigma #discrimination #healthcare #Quebec
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/black-blood-donations-quebec-9.7087761?cmp=rss
How a history of stigma still deters some Black Quebecers from donating blood
Policies dating back to the 1980s likely still play a role in the distrust some in Quebec's Black communities feel toward donating blood, but people like Stanley Étienne, working with Héma-Québec, strive to encourage more people to look past that history to save lives today.
#stigma #discrimination #healthcare #Quebec
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/black-blood-donations-quebec-9.7087761?cmp=rss
https://www.gulfchannels.com/410884/ هيام عباس من مهرجان برلين: السينما “فعل سياسي” #ArmedConflict #Cinema #Conflict #culture #discrimination #Entertainment #FestiveEvent(includingCarnival) #Politics #SocialIssues(general) #Society #Ticker #UnitedArabEmirates #war #ترفيه
How a history of stigma still deters some Black Quebecers from donating blood
Policies dating back to the 1980s likely still play a role in the distrust some in Quebec's Black communities feel toward donating blood, but people like Stanley Étienne, working with Héma-Québec, strive to encourage more people to look past that history to save lives today.
#stigma #discrimination #healthcare #Quebec
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/black-blood-donations-quebec-9.7087761?cmp=rss
How a history of stigma still deters some Black Quebecers from donating blood
Policies dating back to the 1980s likely still play a role in the distrust some in Quebec's Black communities feel toward donating blood, but people like Stanley Étienne, working with Héma-Québec, strive to encourage more people to look past that history to save lives today.
#stigma #discrimination #healthcare #Quebec
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/black-blood-donations-quebec-9.7087761?cmp=rss
Barack Obama criticized a lack of shame in the country's political discourse, responding to Donald Trump's social media post the former U.S. president and his wife as monkeys. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/15/world/politics/obama-trump-racist-post-reaction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #discrimination #barackobama #donaldtrump #socialmedia
Obama deplores lack of shame after Trump racist monkey clip

Trump has told reporters he stood by the thrust of the video's claims about election fraud, but that he had not seen the offensive clip at the end.

The Japan Times

Cette nouvelle agression s’inscrit dans la hausse des actes #antisémites en France. La #LDH rappelle que la lutte contre toutes les formes de haine et de #discrimination est un combat quotidien et exige que toute la lumière soit faite et que les responsables soient jugés.

https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2026/02/10/un-adolescent-juif-agresse-a-paris-un-jeune-suspect-interpelle_6666220_3224.html?search-type=classic&ise_click_rank=15

Un adolescent juif agressé à Paris, un jeune suspect interpellé

Un adolescent de 13 ans a expliqué « qu’il tenait sa kippa à la main et se rendait à la synagogue, lorsque cinq personnes s’en sont prises à lui pour lui prendre sa veste », a expliqué le parquet, selon qui la victime a précisé « que ses agresseurs avaient tenu des propos antisémites ».

Le Monde

"definitely ruins my chance of online dating" -- "akin to being cancelled from all dating" -- "being banned has had an impact on her dating life" -- "I’ve Been Banned From Almost Every Dating App" -- "locked out of dating apps can be far more significant for young people looking for a lifelong partner" -- "People unable to get onto those apps are potentially losing out on finding their life partner" -- "owns five of the top eight dating apps" -- "two-thirds of the online dating market" -- "bans, when they’re handed out, are pretty absolute. The companies overseeing dating apps can not just ban usernames and email addresses, but also IP addresses (from where you log onto the internet) and device identifiers, meaning that individual devices can be barred from rejoining apps"

https://www.vice.com/en/article/banned-from-dating-apps/

I feel

e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t

towards 2 or 3 major apps who groundlessly banned me despite me doing nothing impolite, nothing disrespectful, no violations of terms and conditions.

#ostracism #groundlessostracism #abuse #systemicabuse #discrimination #contempt #dating #datingapp #datingapps #ruins #onlinedating #cancelled #cancel #cancelculture #toxic #ban #banned #abuseofbans #losingout #loneliness #banishing #groundlessbanishing #shunning #relationship #relationships #romanticrelationship #romanticrelationships #romance

I’ve Been Banned From Almost Every Dating App

It was probably “weaponized reporting” from a scorned date, and it's almost impossible to fix.

VICE