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shortgirl
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Being black ans short! Jul 1, 2017 16:58:59 GMT

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Post by shortgirl on Jul 1, 2017 16:58:59 GMT

Its already hard enough being black and a woman.

But being short is hard. I have no ''privilege'' whatsoever. I just hate sometimes that racism is all tat black people talk about..or everyone knows about racism. But hardly anyone knows about heightism. Heightish is a real form of discrimination. When I was younger I was naive. I use to think that if I treated everyone with kindness I would also be treated with kindness as well. But its not true. We treat people based on how we look. Thats why there is all these isms and division in this world. Its such an unfrotunte fact. Heightism and racism has negatively impacted my life. I have been fired eight times , laid off..and just been denied benefits and treated unjustly by professionals. I hope that I can connect with other black people or other people who has been mistreated due to their height. The worst part is most of the differential treatment and discrimination is subtle. Its not what they say its how they treat you. they see me as less than ..inferior and think they are better than me.

Cole Geass
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Being black ans short! Jul 11, 2017 19:20:25 GMT

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Post by Cole Geass on Jul 11, 2017 19:20:25 GMT

I know this person is banned so my response will be mainly for the other regulars here.

I don't see how being a woman is that much different than being a man when short. If you're short, you're short. The tallers will look down at you like a child and treat you like one. Tall men and tall women often appear in management roles because their height portrays authority.

I don't see the connection to race either. Whether you're black, white, or any shade of brown it seems that bigger is better, no matter how you slice it. I don't see how being short and black is worse than being short and white other than the fact that there MIGHT be an "expectation" for height in certain communities. There might be an expectation in the black community to be tall, since on average black people are portrayed as always being tall in the media, where's white men aren't ALWAYS tall (sometimes they're average height) but black men are almost ALWAYS tall in movies or on TV.

toughlimbs
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Being black ans short! Jul 11, 2017 20:14:47 GMT via mobile

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Post by toughlimbs on Jul 11, 2017 20:14:47 GMT

Jul 11, 2017 19:20:25 GMT Cole Geass said:

I know this person is banned so my response will be mainly for the other regulars here.

I don't see how being a woman is that much different than being a man when short. If you're short, you're short. The tallers will look down at you like a child and treat you like one. Tall men and tall women often appear in management roles because their height portrays authority.

I don't see the connection to race either. Whether you're black, white, or any shade of brown it seems that bigger is better, no matter how you slice it. I don't see how being short and black is worse than being short and white other than the fact that there MIGHT be an "expectation" for height in certain communities. There might be an expectation in the black community to be tall, since on average black people are portrayed as always being tall in the media, where's white men aren't ALWAYS tall (sometimes they're average height) but black men are almost ALWAYS tall in movies or on TV.

This is probably what she meant. If you're black, you're expected to be taller because of certain influences in the black community. I remember black people in Africa (dunno if they still do it now) used to wear some certain objects in their bodies to make them bigger, like bigger earlobes, elongated heads, stretched out lower lips, and especially rings on women's necks to make them appear taller.

Chinese women seem to have similar problem with trying to get taller, but they used different methods.

It's a shame that she just let herself get booted for calling everyone racist whereas we just want to get some insight into what it's like being a black person.

I swear, there are so many black women posting disgusting comments about short men, especially short black men. I seriously feel bad for short black men out there. I mean, Jesus, tall black people and black women just get so stupid about this issue.