What I wonder about "short people discrimination" is to what extent it comes from internalization of the idea, more than external factors.
Of course, come to think of it -- that's true of all discrimination against minorities, isn't it?
Me, I'm short, and I've never felt discriminated against because of it -- but I don't KNOW that that's the case. But, then -- I live in a short part of the country, and went to Brandeis, and never THINK of myself as short. I'm under five and a half feet tall, which is short for an American male, but never internalized the idea that I am short, nor accepted any of the stereotypes of short people.
So I MAY be getting some of the external stuff from other people, but I don't FEEL like I am, and I don't INTERNALIZE it.
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Of course, come to think of it -- that's true of all discrimination against minorities, isn't it?
Me, I'm short, and I've never felt discriminated against because of it -- but I don't KNOW that that's the case. But, then -- I live in a short part of the country, and went to Brandeis, and never THINK of myself as short. I'm under five and a half feet tall, which is short for an American male, but never internalized the idea that I am short, nor accepted any of the stereotypes of short people.
So I MAY be getting some of the external stuff from other people, but I don't FEEL like I am, and I don't INTERNALIZE it.