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In reply to the discussion: White DUers: Tell Your Stories [View all]loyalsister
(13,390 posts)But, I have been discriminated against because I'm disabled and I look different. Stares.... pity, and sometimes fear. I was once called articulate as if it was an unexpected quality. I have some experiences with discrimination and stereotypes based on how I look.
Still I can count on being given the benefit of the doubt. I once accidently walked out of a store with a watch I hadn't paid for and returned it without a question or a sense that they were suspicious of me.
I had a lot of opportunities I didn't take advantage of. As an adult I have noticed that things were always easier for me growing up than I thought at the time. Much has been and still is given to me out of default because I'm white. I am poor and have been able to get the services and financial help need without jumping through more than the average hoops. I'm disabled, poor, and privileged.