I feel guilty that I am one of those people who are generally passive about patent discrimination. I would only speak up if I am directly affected with somebody else's insensitivities. Maybe it's because there is this fear of being dragged into the situation, or this feeling that the victim wouldn't want any of my help.
I grew up in a special school with "mainstreamed" students. In highs school, there were about 2 students who where under "full inclusion" in our batch.
Wikipedia: Mainstreaming is the practice of bringing disabled students and into the “mainstream” of student life. Mainstreamed students attend some classes with typical students and other classes with students that have similar disabilities. Mainstreaming represents a midpoint between full inclusion (all students spend all day in the regular classroom) and dedicated, self-contained classrooms or special schools (disabled students are isolated with other disabled students).Studying in a special school means interacting with the regular and special students everyday. Not to mention that I always interact with a special child at home in the person of my youngest sister. I have seen how my classmates have bullied special children at school. I am guilty at laughing at these special children when bullies make fun of them. And recently, I am guilty at ignoring my mainstreamed classmate's message in my batch's Facebook group.
After watching the video, I felt bad about myself. I know I never should have discriminated people with disabilities knowing that they have feelings, too. I know I should have been more patient with them when they ask the same question again and again. And I know that I should have at least given them a sense of belongingness to our batch.
I'm turning 27 soon. I'm not too old to correct my mistakes. If I could speak up for my friends, I think I could also speak up for every single person being brought down by rude, insensitive freaks.
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