LGBTQIA+ on Yik Yak | You can’t call yourself an “ally” to the marginalized if the word midget is still in your vocabulary sorry

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LGBTQIA+ 1d

You can’t call yourself an “ally” to the marginalized if the word midget is still in your vocabulary sorry

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Anonymous 1d

Is it wrong to call people that? Absolutely. But as someone who grew up in a rural area, you have to accept that there will be people who were never taught different terms. I said a LOT of stupid shit with good intentions when I first went to college. It’s important that we correct the person at a good time, but assuming they aren’t actually empathetic to marginalized communities just because of outdated terminology is stupid. The intention behind the word matters just as much as the word itself

Anonymous 21h

This isn’t directly abt this post but the term “little people” is a bit funny not in the way you would think but bc I’m native and little people are a term we use for like mischievous fairies (gnomes? Idk) that pull pranks on people like stealing ur socks. So when I hear little people I think of that 😭 but obv I don’t say midget or anything just a funny side bit

Anonymous 18h

How about doing something about the shit that actually affects marginalized communities. Transgenders are in the first stage of genocide in the US, we have a masked gestapo abducting brown people, and not to mention the techno-fascists wanting to turn the world into a totalitarian police state. I swear this is why I have no faith in my fellow lefties for accomplishing anything in this country other than finding ways to be more righteous than each other.

Anonymous 17h

That community not making no noise… the most relevance they had was the TLC show, so it's not people's fault if they don't know midget is a bad word…

Anonymous

#1 1d

And this is coming from someone who regularly gets called a transvestite

Anonymous

#1 1d

I think we do need to understand that educating ppl is something that actually needs to be done. I wasn’t saying anything crazy but there were a couple of terms I had no idea were inappropriate. Luckily I had ppl around me to quickly correct me n teach me the context of them

Anonymous

#2 1d

EXACTLY. As a community, we need to collectively stop acting like the language police that FOX news makes us out to be. We need to be language social workers.

Anonymous

#3 20h

“Little people” is the generally accepted term, but there are people who prefer to be called “dwarves” or “person with dwarfism.” Of course there are also people who would be PISSED at being called a dwarf by a stranger. Ultimately I’ve been told to fall back on “little people” unless told otherwise.

Anonymous

#4 16h

Exactly. Does using correct, respectful terminology matter? Sure, absolutely. I’m a trans person who’s heard a lot of really bad terminology. I’ve also been the ignorant one. We can’t be excluding people over language when they’re actively choosing to be on the right side of history. Gently correcting someone’s language is not as important as tangible action