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I know what it is like to be descriminated against I have been for years by people for being a young mum then a single mum. It is not a nice feeling and at times made me feel extremely low, insecure and unworthy of anyones love and compassion As the years have gone on I have hardened to the fact that if someone judges you before they even know you it is their loss not yours. People can be swayed too easily by stereotypes instead of looking at what the actual person is like. Jax xx

I got your message Gwen, know what you mean Off out to get the car MOT'd be back later Dee x

sent pm if it made sence lol

Hi Gwen We were kept in the two groups for around an hour, then spent the rest of the day discussing how we had felt Dee x

grey green lol was it done as a experimnt chosen ones watcnrd all day to see if they acterd suc con superpor

Reading The Book Thief, one of the selected books for the Greaders last month, I got to thinking about a training day I attended many years ago When we arrived at the venue we found that some of us were being made more welcome than others. A few were greeted by a hostess, handed a welcome pack, and shown through to a VIP lounge where they were served coffee and biscuits Others were told, in a very offhand way, to ‘just wait over there’, and were offered no refreshments All of us had travelled some distance and were looking forward to a cuppa, and were anxious to make use of the ‘facilities’ What was apparent was how quickly those who had been treated in an offhand manner became quite agitated and one or two were very vociferous about the way the way they were being treated. On the other hand, those who had been greeted by the hostess were seen to almost grow in stature, and to be standing round preening themselves, gloating that they had been chosen for special treatment The day had been planned that way to give us an idea of how it feels to be discriminated against, and it certainly led to some heated discussions Discrimination exists everywhere, even now. We discriminate against people because of their skin colour, their religious beliefs, their sexual orientation……. Perhaps if we all stopped and put ourselves into the other person’s shoes for a day we would have a better understanding of how it feels to be discriminated against. That training day I attended made me stop and think, and has stayed in my mind all these years. (Btw I was one of those made to feel inferior, I wonder if it would have made such an impression on me if I had been made to feel superior??)

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