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Post by luro2020 on Dec 25, 2017 16:42:13 GMT
So I was training for sprinting with an athletic coach, and one of the coach's friends started discussing football on our break. Sometimes they refer to the less competent player as "the little guy", so the friend said this, and the coach said "don't talk about luro2020 like that", now this guy was 5'9"-5'10", so my height, but at the time I was a sophomore in high school and was only 5'6"-5'7". At the time I shook it off as I didn't know about heightism, but looking back I couldn't believe someone would make such a blatant comment, especially at a 15-16 year old, If that happened now I would have retorted back most likely, but I was objectively short so It was harder to acknowledge heightism.
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Post by valorzeal33 on Dec 25, 2017 23:31:27 GMT
Did they talk in front of you or were you eavesdropping? Just wondering.
I’ve been called fool before by some white rapper in 9th grade, like “sup, foo!” I asked him why he called me fool, and he didn’t know how to answer that. He went silent and walked away. I just now looked it up on what it means, and still unsure what it really means. Some say it means wazzup and others it means the opposite. Strange how I’ve never been called a midget, little boy, etc. I’ve been called “son” by my friend, but he’s 5’7”, and the term “son” is used from a bro to another bro when he’s high or something.
Maybe some heightists did offend me but they used slangs so I would not detect it as a bad thing.
It’s safe for me to say that a lot of cowards would probably not say it directly but rather use undertones to one up another.
The term “little” is so ridiculously offensive compared to the other two words I mentioned above. I’m just at a loss of words when I open my eyes to the most digusting type of comments people consistently use against short people right now.
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Post by Luro2020 on Dec 26, 2017 0:25:42 GMT
Did they talk in front of you or were you eavesdropping? Just wondering. I’ve been called fool before by some white rapper in 9th grade, like “sup, foo!” I asked him why he called me fool, and he didn’t know how to answer that. He went silent and walked away. I just now looked it up on what it means, and still unsure what it really means. Some say it means wazzup and others it means the opposite. Strange how I’ve never been called a midget, little boy, etc. I’ve been called “son” by my friend, but he’s 5’7”, and the term “son” is used from a bro to another bro when he’s high or something. Maybe some heightists did offend me but they used slangs so I would not detect it as a bad thing. It’s safe for me to say that a lot of cowards would probably not say it directly but rather use undertones to one up another. The term “little” is so ridiculously offensive compared to the other two words I mentioned above. I’m just at a loss of words when I open my eyes to the most digusting type of comments people consistently use against short people right now. Yes, I was right there, not just within earshot so it was even more eye opening, I’m surprised that you haven’t been insulted more often, especially if you were the same percentile wise, than I did at 5’8-5’9. If I had confronted it he probably would have played it off as a joke, it’s sad that people get no recourse for it, people are unsupportive of those on the bottom because they don’t like “negativity”, so we can barely adress heightism. |
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Post by valorzeal33 on Dec 26, 2017 1:54:37 GMT
I wore hearing aids since I was a toddler. I hung out with only deaf friends throughout most of my grade years and most of them were around my height. I remember my step dad told me how lucky I was to have such friends. I’m just saying that I got lucky to have some loyal deaf friends at the time. Hearing people are good people, too, but they’re far and between. More specific to race, I think. Some of them were nice people and we’re lucky to have them around, but most of them are just trying to follow the herd to avoid getting torched. If my deaf friends grew taller than me, then yeah, I’m sure I would feel the same sting as you did.
The thing I find interesting about heightism is how people treat short men. They treat short men the same way they treat a deaf guy(me)! Because of my difficulty understanding what people say, I forgive anyone for talking to me like I’m a child simply because I’m hearing impaired. I don’t like it, but that’s the way it is. In person, if you talk to me like I’m 6, it is actually OKAY, because I want to understand what you’re saying to me. Know what I mean? If you tell me what to do, then that’s where you cross the line with me. Just because you talk to me like I’m a 6 year old doesn’t mean my intellect is the same level as a 6 year old kid. You know? My common sense is the same level as yours, it’s just my hearing that’s lacking.
Now, if a person talks to a HEARING short guy like this, I find it completely absurd. These heightists look so stupid to me it’s embarrassing, I can imagine. Never seen it in real life, but I’d be pissed off if I see it happen. If they talk to normal short guys like this, then they think of me the same way, regardless of me being deaf. I’ve seen so many stories of people talking to short guys like they’re lacking something, and those reactions are very similar to how people normally talk to me. An example of what I would say to such people “He’s not hearing impaired, he understands everything you say, so why do you talk to him like a child? Is it because he’s a few inches shorter than you?”
Thing is I don’t have a hearing friend who is my height. Maybe I should go out and find one to become friends sometime. To see what his world is like as a normal short guy.
Every short man has had different experiences with heightism, I believe.
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