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Post by Quad787 on Mar 6, 2023 15:42:52 GMT -5
In my view, workplace diversity trainings don't do anything to change people's thinking. They just protect the employer from civil claims. And they give people something to laugh about privately.
I heard an interesting inclusion related story last week. Members from the bar association in my city held an event to celebrate the life of a local attorney who recently died. The guy had lived the last 15 years of his life in a wheelchair, after a large tree limb had fallen on him and injured his spinal cord. I didn't attend because I was unaware of the event. But my friend went and told me several speakers talked about what a great guy he was, excellent lawyer, dedicated, even overcoming his disability.
I asked where this event took place, and my buddy informed me that it was at the bar of a local hotel downtown. A bar that is inaccessible to people in wheelchairs due to a two-step rise to get into the area where the event was held
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Post by atlwheelin on Mar 7, 2023 7:03:40 GMT -5
I had a British friend jump ALL OVER ME on Facebook last week. I was giving an example during tornado warnings of how they treated wheelchair users in school when doing "drills" in case of emergencies. While the other kids are told to sit down and get into a ball like position against the lockers, they simply backed my chair up beside them and left me way up the air like I would be any other day. I made a cheeky comment along the lines us "Hope for the best, crippled boy!". When I tell you this man (had to be in his late 60s) came ALL THE WAY unglued, I couldn't begin to do it justice. Apparently it's a slur (obviously), but also a FELONY if turned into proper officials with a first hand witness or a recording that can validate the voice and identify it to the accused? I haven't researched it to see if he was exaggerating, but he was literally in tears. I tried my best to explain that it's not nearly as offensive of a term here, especially if you're talking directly about yourself in a joking manner. I also assured him I would never call someone else such a term, but he wasn't having it. This dialogue went on about 6 replies back and forth before I realized it was doing no good to keep sharing my view or justifying my use, so I let him feel as if he made me see the light. (I didn't edit my post)
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Post by zacc on Mar 7, 2023 12:02:30 GMT -5
I had a British friend jump ALL OVER ME on Facebook last week. I was giving an example during tornado warnings of how they treated wheelchair users in school when doing "drills" in case of emergencies. While the other kids are told to sit down and get into a ball like position against the lockers, they simply backed my chair up beside them and left me way up the air like I would be any other day. I made a cheeky comment along the lines us "Hope for the best, crippled boy!". When I tell you this man (had to be in his late 60s) came ALL THE WAY unglued, I couldn't begin to do it justice. Apparently it's a slur (obviously), but also a FELONY if turned into proper officials with a first hand witness or a recording that can validate the voice and identify it to the accused? I haven't researched it to see if he was exaggerating, but he was literally in tears. I tried my best to explain that it's not nearly as offensive of a term here, especially if you're talking directly about yourself in a joking manner. I also assured him I would never call someone else such a term, but he wasn't having it. This dialogue went on about 6 replies back and forth before I realized it was doing no good to keep sharing my view or justifying my use, so I let him feel as if he made me see the light. (I didn't edit my post) Some people aren't worth it sadly. Also I feel like school drills aren't that helpful. Active shooters will probably have done them themselves when they were a kid, so they'd probably know what was happening.
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Post by eewee on Mar 9, 2023 15:18:45 GMT -5
I had a British friend jump ALL OVER ME on Facebook last week. I was giving an example during tornado warnings of how they treated wheelchair users in school when doing "drills" in case of emergencies. While the other kids are told to sit down and get into a ball like position against the lockers, they simply backed my chair up beside them and left me way up the air like I would be any other day. I made a cheeky comment along the lines us "Hope for the best, crippled boy!". When I tell you this man (had to be in his late 60s) came ALL THE WAY unglued, I couldn't begin to do it justice. Apparently it's a slur (obviously), but also a FELONY if turned into proper officials with a first hand witness or a recording that can validate the voice and identify it to the accused? I haven't researched it to see if he was exaggerating, but he was literally in tears. I tried my best to explain that it's not nearly as offensive of a term here, especially if you're talking directly about yourself in a joking manner. I also assured him I would never call someone else such a term, but he wasn't having it. This dialogue went on about 6 replies back and forth before I realized it was doing no good to keep sharing my view or justifying my use, so I let him feel as if he made me see the light. (I didn't edit my post) Some people aren't worth it sadly. Also I feel like school drills aren't that helpful. Active shooters will probably have done them themselves when they were a kid, so they'd probably know what was happening. Never thought of active shooters also taking part in the drills before THEY were the active shooters. There wasn't even active shooter drills when I was growing up- you know, back in the 1900's. My one son has anxiety, and he didn't know they were going to have a drill one day- it went off while he was at the bathroom and the teacher had to calm him for the rest of the day. Luckily, he only had 6 kids in his class, and a teacher assistant to take care of everyone else.
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