In the movie, Avatar, Jake had to make some serious adjustments in order to connect with the 10-foot tall Na’vi of Pandora. The fact that he was able to LOOK like the Na’vi was certainly an advantage, but it did little to cover for his near complete ignorance regarding Na’vi culture and values. He was an outsider needing to become an insider, and it...

Local Arrogance & Bigotry. Arrogant? Yeah, we know what that means, and we react pretty strongly when such a label is stuck on us! Boiled down, I suppose we could say that arrogance is unduly inflating the importance of someone or their ideas. Bigoted? O.K., that one takes a bit more thought, and means that we form opinions and conclusions without just cause. We...