Professional soccer player, Adebayo Akinfenwa, shares his experience dealing with discrimination due to his height in the sport, including being called "freak" and "circus act" by fans during a game.
The speaker discusses racial and class-based discrimination, drawing on personal experiences and mentioning ethnic people like Calvin Robinson, who face discrimination based on their race. The speaker also takes a jab at "woke people" advocating for free school meals, suggesting that if Marcus Rashford paid his taxes, the government would have the resources to provide them.
During this conversation, the speaker discusses how discomfort during an interview can make customers feel uneasy as well as addressing discriminatory hiring practices.
The question of whether or not discounts for certain groups, such as seniors or women, are ethical arises as we consider the implications of gender and age discrimination. While discounts may be justified based on economic factors or demographics, fairness is ultimately what must be considered.
The speaker suggests that people should experience discrimination to understand the effects and have more empathy. He believes that people are afraid of speaking up for fear of being judged or shamed for doing it the wrong way.
The US has a long history of anti-Asian discrimination, from discriminatory laws against Chinese immigrants to racist fiction stories that promote the idea of white genocide. The US government has even argued against Chinese immigration restrictions, claiming such restrictions were a violation of people's inherent right to change their home and allegiance.
Left-handedness has been associated with evil and wrongdoing in both Christian and pagan artwork for centuries. The discrimination towards left-handed individuals even led some to experience cruel punishments, such as being forced to convert to right-handedness.
The speaker shares a personal experience of discrimination on a flight and touches on the potential consequences of people making complaints to the staff, which could lead to getting kicked off a flight.
This episode discusses the understanding of discrimination beyond big lines of black and white and what science has to say about bias starting from childhood. The speaker shares experiences during the days of Philando Castile, and Eric Garner and highlights that discrimination goes beyond clickbait lines.
The speaker shares about the different experiences of discrimination her parents faced. Despite this, she was able to attend schools with dance and eventually trained in it herself.
The speaker reflects on their personal experiences with discrimination and abuse and discusses the struggle to combat defensiveness and "othering" in response to societal pain and vulnerability.
The speaker addresses the harm in using discriminatory and racist rhetoric, pointing out how it negatively affects certain communities, and how it's wrong to use language like this.
The belief that the size of one's head correlates to their level of intelligence has been used throughout history to justify discrimination towards marginalized groups, including slaves and poor immigrants.
