Never thought that I'd get into this here, but here are my very little 2 cents worth.

Only this: I have had instances in my life where the truth of the situation was hard for other people to swallow (people could not believe that one person could treat another so badly). Because of this they tended to negate my experience (oh you're exagerating, it wasn't really that, it was something else). This caused me no end of pain.

From this I learned a very important lesson. If someone tells me something about their own self, where I know nothing about the situation, I never assume that they are exagerating. (it doesn't mean i'll run out and buy a car because the salesman says he needs the money).

It is important to be believed, unless the unbeliever knows for certain (or at least reasonably certain) that there is cause for disbelief.

This isn't about the big issue of how often or how prevalent discrimination is, it's about simply accepting, at face value, a statement someone has made about their life.

In reply to Re: •Re: Re: Stereotypes by Sandy
in thread Stereotypes about perl by nherdboi

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