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The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently – and Why

When Richard Nisbett showed an animated underwater scene to his American students, they zeroed in on a big fish swimming among smaller fish.Japanese subjects, on the other hand, made observations about the background environment…and the different “seeings” are a clue to profound underlying cognitive differences between Westerners and East Asians. As Professor Nisbett shows in The Geography of Thought people actually think – and even see – the world differently, be… More >>

Star Trek and History: Race-ing toward a White Future

“Star Trek” is an enduring icon in American popular culture. For many viewers, the science fiction series represents the bold exploration of the unknown and the humanistic respect of the foreign and the alien. In fact, it is “Star Trek”’s vision of a utopian future where humans no longer engage in racism, sexism, capitalism, among other “-isms” that many fans claim is the main reason for their loyalty. But is the visionary “Trek” future world truly colourblind? “Sta… More >>

The Original Wild Ones: Tales of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club

Get an inside look at the real beginning of outlaw biker culture with this “raucous and heartfelt recounting of the early days of biker clubs” (Roadbike). The story starts one weekend in 1947, at a motorcycle race in Hollister, California. A few members of one club, the no-holds-barred “Boozefighters,” got a little juiced up and took their racing to the street. Word of the fracas spread, and soon enough Life magazine was on hand to tell the world, wit… More >>

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