- We often talk about how stereotypes can damage or harm a person's ability or potential, but the reverse of that happened to me: I was the nerd who was "supposed" to succeed. It's a very strange kind of privilege, because that sort of praise is also isolating, but I hadn't fully realized it until this weekend.
- I think churches need to start to explicitly welcome "friends" in addition to "members." Spirituality is a difficult topic, but churches do far too many wonderful things that go beyond embracing a creed. Some of the most loving people I know aren't explicitly religious, though I think their love of fellow man makes them more Christian than others who wear their faith on their sleeve.
New Zealand Parliament Suspended as Maori Lawmakers Perform Haka to Protest
Bill
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Opposition lawmakers performed the traditional dance during a reading of a
bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous
people.
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