Consciousness raisers

Today I read about the concept of consciousness raisers in Richard Dawkins “The god delusion”. Learning about this concept raised mine and it might raise yours!

Examples of consciousness raisers

Feminism:

• Herstory vs. History
• Interesting: Even radical voices (e.g. calling someone a niger, raise consciousness about a topic.

Darwinism

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Other consciousness raisers:

• Visiting different cultures
• Homo Deus: Thinking about our treatment of animals when thinking about how superior forms of humans would treat us
• Explaining why positive stereotypes cause harm (“positive” racism)