stigma
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"We're not going to change the stigma that still exists by burying our heads in the sand and ignoring it anymore, but by getting it out there," he says.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
Burnham’s ascendance is the latest sign that the stigma that once surrounded state ownership of the economy is fading.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
Britta Stephan, support services manager at South Cotswolds Foodbank, said there should not be any stigma around using a foodbank as hardship can hit anyone.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
Rather, the focus becomes whether a prosecutor should bear the stigma associated with a finding of discrimination.
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2026
Remarkably, even in communities devastated by mass incarceration, many people struggling to cope with the stigma of imprisonment have no idea that their neighbors are struggling with the same grief, shame, and isolation.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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