What one classroom experiment—and decades of psychological research—can teach us about prejudice, identity, and the human need to belong. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Across the United States, grief, anger, and confusion followed. Cities erupted in protest, while many Americans struggled to understand how a leader devoted to nonviolence could be murdered because of...
Is homophobia driven by fear of being gay, fear of femininity, or something deeper? Homophobia is often discussed as though it has a single cause. Some people argue it comes from religious beliefs. Others see it as a product of culture or politics. A popular claim suggests that people who express homophobic attitudes are secretly gay themselves. Another argues that homophobia is rooted in...
