Post by roseinbloom on Dec 11, 2016 7:11:12 GMT -5
Not everyone has the courage to stand up for the morally right thing in the heat of the moment. Sometimes we wonder if we did the right thing, or think, "Damn! I should have said/done THAT!"
Context isn't necessarily repeatable, and what we say or do won't always be transferable to other situations. But let's celebrate meaningful successes and get energy from each other.
So, tell us about a time when you spoke up or acted up and did the right thing.
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -- Maya Angelou
Post by penguin129 on Dec 12, 2016 18:23:48 GMT -5
I have a long story for this. It was during HL's NICU stay. Now I have the perfect place to post it. I'll be back when I get my laptop. I'll have to share this thread.
I've been standing up to micro agressions and offhand remarks for a few years now. It's hard to remember specific conversations but essentially someone will say something that is sexist or racist or exclusive in some way and I ask them if they realize what they said was sexist/racist/etc. Usually they are surprised and apologize. I can only hope they learn from it. It was awkward at first with coworkers but I'm not shy about it anymore.
Oh, thought of one. My dad made a remark about how a situation my sister is having with her bf's friends is because they (Black men) are all like that with their "bros" and because my dad works with and interacts with black customers he knows they're all like that. We had a heated moment where I told him that was a racist and generalizing statement and that we could have an intelligent conversation without resorting to statements like that.
Mine typically are more institutionally then just conversations. Like standing up for workers rights (female rights) in my organization.
Some are conversations like supporting a co-worker in her quest to find a place to pump that is not a bathroom but also not kicking someone out of their office.
I just spoke up on Tuesday when I went to make the supervisor of the healthy start program that sent the home nurse to my house aware of the things she was saying about Lil P. She called her lazy and said she might develop autism due to her stay in the NICU. There aren't really any studies in that yet and she shouldn't have even brought it up. I dropped out of the program but informed the supervisor so She doesn't make those comments to other families.
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