Word: stigmas
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...society. But it was the despised man who did good, while all the superficially respected people walked on by. Jesus consorted with all of society's undesirables--with tax collectors, collaborators with an occupying power, former prostitutes, lepers. His message was that God's grace knows no boundaries of stigma, that with God's help, we can all live by the same standards and receive the grace that comes from his love...
...just about poverty. It’s also about the horror of living with AIDS in the early 1990s. On this topic, “Rent” both succeeds and fails. On one hand, “Rent” may have succeeded in reducing some of the stigma associated with the disease. Students may find it difficult to understand the degree of stigma that used to be—and to some extent still is—attached to HIV and AIDS. To this day, foreign nationals with HIV cannot visit the U.S. When “Rent?...
...president of the ADAMS board of trustees. The congregants vented about law-enforcement profiling, which they felt targeted all Muslims as suspects. Agents were showing up at their workplaces to make routine inquiries about anyone they might want to report, and some Muslims were fired because of the public stigma of being questioned...
...biggest challenges is to reduce stigma, so students recognize how common the problems are, that there is nothing to be ashamed about, and that care is available and works," he said. "One thing that has helped a lot are student groups, such as MHAAG, that have helped raise awareness. Students listen to other students much more easily than health professionals...
Sometimes the stigma is what's most dreaded. For many years, Donna James, the Nationwide executive, hid from her colleagues and bosses that her son was born when she was only 17. "I didn't bring them into that part of my world for fear I would be harshly judged," she says. "Knowing the cultural biases about marriage, about being a single mom and being black and a teen parent, I never wanted to have stereotypical views hold me back...