Well I have a label stuck firmly to me and I get treated badly and excluded because of it. It's the label that most people would hate to have most in the world. It's a label that unfairly compares me to others and I am defined negatively by those others because of this comparison.
People fear this label so much that people like me are neglected in society. We don't often appear in a list of oppressed minorities. quote "We go out of our way not to stereotype or “define” different groups of people at the risk of becoming one of the dangerous “-ists”: sexist, racist, classist, ageist, etc." Even when we give a list stereotypes we drop off the list. Even women ignore the inclusion of people like me.
My label is "disabled" even tho I function and live well. Bugger labels.
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Well I have a label stuck firmly to me and I get treated badly and excluded because of it. It's the label that most people would hate to have most in the world. It's a label that unfairly compares me to others and I am defined negatively by those others because of this comparison.
People fear this label so much that people like me are neglected in society. We don't often appear in a list of oppressed minorities. quote "We go out of our way not to stereotype or “define” different groups of people at the risk of becoming one of the dangerous “-ists”: sexist, racist, classist, ageist, etc." Even when we give a list stereotypes we drop off the list. Even women ignore the inclusion of people like me.
My label is "disabled" even tho I function and live well. Bugger labels.
November 20, 2010 - 11:40pmThis Comment
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