Betapsi Published Articles

Social network has become an efficient platform whereby individuals have the possibility of sharing their views and perspectives on matters. Naturally, conflict of opinion is inevitable, especially when discussing controversial issues. Betapsi would like to address the problematic expression of such differences in opinion, as most recently seen in the issues pertaining to migration and transgenderism.  Betapsi condemns the use of hate speech in expressing disagreement with another’s stance. It is impossible to ignore the tendency embedded within our society to resort to personal attack, rather than the argument put forward. It is too often that individuals impulsively insult and demean one another instead of engaging in healthy discussion on said topic. It is also important to note that this is not a recent phenomenon but has been recurring over a long period of time, surfacing when controversial issues arise.   As a psychology student association, we would like to enco...

As psychology students, members of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing, and human beings, we feel strongly about certain events and incidents that have recently taken place and would like to share a few of our thoughts. Recently there have been a number of events that, apart from being morally wrong and heinous, have racist connotations associated with them. On May 25th, George Floyd, a black man, was restrained and allegedly killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis. Similarly, Ahmaud Arbery was shot by two white men whilst jogging on February 23rd in Georgia. Malta, unfortunately, is not lacking in bigotry and racism. A bit more than a year ago, Ivorian immigrant Lassana Cisse was killed during a hate-induced drive-by shooting here in Malta, and some extremely hateful and racist remarks have been made in response to the current immigration crisis. Given the nature of our studies as well as our concern for basic human rights, we feel that racism is something we not only need to be ...