October 31, 2021 at 6:56 am
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Barnes also said that people’s biases also extend to gender and sexual orientation which makes sense to me. He didn’t mention disability specifically but I bet if you asked him he would agree to that too.
As a person with a disability I know what it feels like to have all eyes on me and feeling like I don’t belong somewhere etc. It’s something I’ve had all my life and I don’t know any different so it doesn’t really affect me day to day as I’m used to it. There are still times when people’s behaviour towards me makes me feel bad and sometimes it’s when they’re going out of their way to try and be nice.
I assume people who face racial discrimination go through some similar emotions but I’ve never had that conversation so I don’t know for sure