Post by Heightism Report on Mar 16, 2017 21:06:31 GMT
Today's Gold Star comes from the "Heightism And Other Shit" blog. First, I'll say that the entire blog masterfully explains a lot of the issues with heightism and heightism dialogue in general, and provides both empirical evidence and examples of conversations as supporting evidence. The blog will definitely be an amazing resource for us in the coming years, and the author deserves a debt of gratitude for being a shining example of discussing heightism intelligently.
The particular post I am giving the gold star to is the "Confirming Stereotypes" post, or more like "posts" because it is a series of three different posts.
Part One: heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2016/11/on-short-men-confirming-stereotypes.html
Part Two: heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2016/11/confirming-stereotypes-part-2_21.html
Part Three: heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2016/12/confirming-stereotypes-part-3.html
For those who don't know, there is a ridiculous belief that short men should be forced to act in a way that "does not reinforce" stereotypes, and the other end of this belief is that short men have to act in a way to dispel the stereotypes. This is a bunch of nonsense because short men did not create these stereotypes, these stereotypes are nothing more than hateful beliefs that shift the blame onto short men so as to justify the hateful beliefs held by heightists.
A marginalized group who are burdened with unfair stereotypes cannot do anything to dispel or confirm the stereotypes. It makes no sense to place such a burden on a powerless group that had no power to prevent the stereotypes to begin with. The only way to dispel these stereotypes is by holding the people who believe in them accountable for being hateful folk wisdom that is convenient to their agenda. These stereotypes are nothing but attempts to put short men in a Catch-22 where the application of stereotypes can be used by the status-quo for any reason.
These stereotypes lead to a narrative where the actions of short men are policed, and the stereotypes are used as a controlling mechanism ensuring that short men don't step "out of line." The stereotypes were created with hatred as the backbone, and there's no type of behavior that short men can engage in to disprove the stereotypes, and on the other hand, short men can't confirm the stereotypes because all of the confirmation took place when bigots decided they were going to believe the stereotypes to begin with and reject all conflicting evidence.
It's not up to short men to eradicate stereotypes they didn't have a say in creating, it's up to society to stop sowing the seeds of bigotry that are supplanted by the indoctrinated distaste everyone is taught to have in regard to short men. Anyway, the posts I linked are extremely well-done, and are extremely important in understanding heightism because this isn't just an issue where bigots use these stereotypes, it's an issue where short men use the threat of "confirming stereotypes" to silence other short men, and this is unacceptable.(The posts even show evidence of this narrative in action, so make sure you check them out)
The particular post I am giving the gold star to is the "Confirming Stereotypes" post, or more like "posts" because it is a series of three different posts.
Part One: heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2016/11/on-short-men-confirming-stereotypes.html
Part Two: heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2016/11/confirming-stereotypes-part-2_21.html
Part Three: heightismandothershit.blogspot.com/2016/12/confirming-stereotypes-part-3.html
For those who don't know, there is a ridiculous belief that short men should be forced to act in a way that "does not reinforce" stereotypes, and the other end of this belief is that short men have to act in a way to dispel the stereotypes. This is a bunch of nonsense because short men did not create these stereotypes, these stereotypes are nothing more than hateful beliefs that shift the blame onto short men so as to justify the hateful beliefs held by heightists.
A marginalized group who are burdened with unfair stereotypes cannot do anything to dispel or confirm the stereotypes. It makes no sense to place such a burden on a powerless group that had no power to prevent the stereotypes to begin with. The only way to dispel these stereotypes is by holding the people who believe in them accountable for being hateful folk wisdom that is convenient to their agenda. These stereotypes are nothing but attempts to put short men in a Catch-22 where the application of stereotypes can be used by the status-quo for any reason.
These stereotypes lead to a narrative where the actions of short men are policed, and the stereotypes are used as a controlling mechanism ensuring that short men don't step "out of line." The stereotypes were created with hatred as the backbone, and there's no type of behavior that short men can engage in to disprove the stereotypes, and on the other hand, short men can't confirm the stereotypes because all of the confirmation took place when bigots decided they were going to believe the stereotypes to begin with and reject all conflicting evidence.
It's not up to short men to eradicate stereotypes they didn't have a say in creating, it's up to society to stop sowing the seeds of bigotry that are supplanted by the indoctrinated distaste everyone is taught to have in regard to short men. Anyway, the posts I linked are extremely well-done, and are extremely important in understanding heightism because this isn't just an issue where bigots use these stereotypes, it's an issue where short men use the threat of "confirming stereotypes" to silence other short men, and this is unacceptable.(The posts even show evidence of this narrative in action, so make sure you check them out)