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Short Films
The myth of race | BBC Ideas
Watch on YouTube (7.01) “People imagine that people have always thought about skin colour in this racialised way, and we really haven’t.” Daniel Nils Roberts with The Open University.
Why are people racist? | What's Behind Prejudice? Episode 1 | BBC Ideas
Watch on YouTube (4.19) What's behind racism? Historian Onyeka Nubia explores why some people are racist — and talks about his own experiences of racism.
Reni Eddo-Lodge: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Watch on YouTube (11.58) Eddo-Lodge describes how, in attempting to raise issues of race and racism in progressive circles, she received reactions trying to shut down her argument.
Why are people homophobic? | What's Behind Prejudice? Episode 2 | BBC Ideas
Watch on YouTube (4.56) In this episode about prejudice and the underlying reasons behind it, we speak to LGBT activist Richard Beaven about some of the reasons behind homophobia. He also shares his personal story of coming out as gay when he was almost 40.
Why are people sexist? | What's Behind Prejudice? Episode 3 | BBC Ideas
Watch on YouTube (4.53) What's really behind sexism? The founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, Laura Bates, explores some of the root causes of sexism and sexist behaviour.
Judith Butler: Your Behaviour Creates Your Gender | Big Think
Watch on YouTube (3.00) Judith Butler discusses performativity in the construction of our identities.
Examined Life — Judith Butler & Sunaura Taylor
Watch on YouTube (14.23) Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor go for a walk and engage in a conversation about disability.
This is poverty.
Watch on YouTube (5.39) In this powerful short film from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and Connected Pictures, the experiences of seven people from around the UK are boldly illustrated in their own words.
Examined Life: Martha Nussbaum
Watch on YouTube (7.53) Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, speaks on the Aristotelian foundations of her capabilities approach.