Prejudice

The Twaklin Trust has long supported surreptitious investigations into prejudices and other biases.

Even the name of the trust is associated with that research practice.

What does Twaklin connote to you as a word, an image and as a name, and why?

How do you assess reputations?

Prejudices simultaneously take many forms and the same form.  They involve unjust labelling, pigeonholing, typecasting, stereotyping, over qualification,  impostor syndrome, dead end jobs, coerced obligations, bullying, rudeness, dehumanisation and a dismissive disregard for human rights.

There are many prejudices associated with the experience of disability.  Even the word 'disability' is a label, a pigeonhole, a stereotype.

How do you know your mind does not contain ugly prejudices and other biases?

How do you know you are not unjustly biased in your perceptions of ugliness, and beauty?

Being socially invisible is 'normal' for many persons with disabilities, and for many other persons placed on the margins of society through no fault of their own.

How is it possible to address prejudice while also maintaining privacy?