Shorty! Little girl! Small boy!
Have you ever used these words on people before?
Or have you been called these names before?
If u have called someone short before, I urge YOU to stop this discrimination.
Short people are equally as capable of doing things that tall people can. They can drive a car, play sports and do household chores.
-Put yourself into the shoes of the short people; would you like people to laugh and make fun of you just because you are short?
- If your family members or relatives are short, how would you feel when other people discriminate against them?
This blog goes out to people who are prejudiced against short people and i hope that you will be able to change your attitudes towards them. Stop saying that they are short and accept them for who they are. You won't like it if people call you short right?
There will always be people who are taller than you.
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You can laugh at someone for being short today, but someone will laugh at you for being short tomorrow.
There are about 7 billion people in this world and everyone is different but unique in their own ways. So why not stop discrimating the short people, learn to accept them and you might see them in a different light.
Be it short or tall, we all have our own purposes and functions in life.
We are all part of a team, part of the world
And to those who have been called shorty, little girl, or small boy,bear in mind that height does not determine everything. You don't have to be tall enough to dunk a basketball. as long as you are able to dunk your dreams.
Wow shangyang, you made me see Gracie in a new light now. I promise not to call anyone ai dong gua starting from now. Heheh :D
ReplyDeleteWell done Shangyang, for speaking up for me.
ReplyDeleteShort People live longer too! Whooo! Short people! ^^
ReplyDeletei once called people short, till people called me short...
ReplyDeleteI quite agree with what you have said. I do think that height does not matter in most cases. :) However, i think that short people sort of discriminate themselves. I am quite tall for an average person. So for example, when i stand next to short people, they will maybe start to say things like "What your problem, you think you tall arh?" when i haven't even say anything. So even though i do not discriminate the short people, they will think that i am laughing at their height. :/
ReplyDeleteJoe> What do you mean by short people descriminate themselves? Do you think it's possible that when a tall and a short person stands next to each other, the shorter person will say " What's your problem, you think you tall ah?" for no apparent reason? The shorter person might say that, but that is when you invade their 'personal space'. E.g looking and towering down at the shorter person at close range in a dominant manner. If, as what you have said, short people discriminate themselves, won't people be discriminating themselves everywhere and anytime? Train, lift, offices?
ReplyDeleteWhat i mean is that short people should not have the mindset that tall people are discriminating them. Cause i have quite a number of friends that are short. When i communicate with them, i would look down but i am not trying to invade their personal space. I do not have the mindset of discriminating them but they themselves may not think the way that i am thinking. No offence to anyone :)
ReplyDeleteI get this all the time. Thank you for speaking up for the short people.
ReplyDeleteWell, I think we all have to learn how to appreciate each other despite our differences. Height does not affect effectiveness and even if effectiveness is being affected, we should not discriminate! Thank you for this reminder! (not that I'm very tall either!)
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