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		<title>Simplicity vs. Consumption</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumerism has reached a new low with the trampling of a man in a Wal-Mart Store by shoppers eager to obtain deep discounts on the day after Thanksgiving.   While shocking, this kind of behavior is a consequence of the messages in the United States we all receive about buying things.   The “Holiday Season” has become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Class Privilege: Local and Global</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two articles in the New York Times illustrate the impact of class differences and the vast economic inequities that exist both in the U.S. and globally.  There is a continually growing divide between those who live richly and lavishly and those who barely make a living.
One article, Shop Stewards on Fantasy Island?, by Mimi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tangled Threads and Cultural Beliefs that Damage the Quilt of Humanity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part of the process of repairing the quilt of humanity involves mending the damage caused by such things as racism, sexism, heterosexism and classism, to name just a few.  To be effective in this mending process, we need to recognize that the threads of races, gender, sexual orientation, and class in particular are tangled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perpetuating and Spreading America&#8217;s Myths</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I found myself watching the TV show, “Extreme Makeover.” This show is ostensibly about granting individuals their dreams.  In most cases, the “makeover” involves providing individuals with plastic surgery and other procedures to change their appearance.

In addition to the physical pain, she also endured emotional pain from teasing from other [...]]]></description>
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