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teachers/students not making an effort to ask students what their pronouns are and consistently misgendering my trans friend.

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I did a study abroad trip and at the border in a foreign country, I clearly noticed my white peers being privileged as white travelers, vs. me and one other darker-skinned peer as we were sent to a special room for further questioning and searching

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never learning about indigenous people outside of their colonization

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not being able to go to field trips because the costs were always too high for my single mom to afford so I missed out on a lot.

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My boyfriend at school would always try to fight any guy who tried to talk to me or be my friend.

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being afraid to bring my delicious cultural foods to lunch because I always noticed a group of kids bullying any kids that were different from the norm

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Sex education was ALWAYS hetero, never queer and never liberatory

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I hated when white ppl would say "ghetto" it was always racialized and code for meaning Black

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being told that I am too sensitive or overreacting by male colleagues because I didn't like being interrupted and talked over.

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being treated like I was too old for resources or to receive help at community college because at a certain age I guess we are supposed to have it all together or figured out?

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I struggled so much with anxiety in school, especially because of standardized tests and my anxiety was never taken seriously. I would literally have panic attacks and teachers thought I was trying to get over on them.

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There was no LGBTQ clubs or support groups or resources at all at my high school and the admin would not allow students to start their own on campus

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I wanted to try out to be a cheerleader but when I was in line to sign up another student said I was too fat and I was going to get rejected

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I was always picked last to play on a team during PE because I was a girl and girls were/are perceived as weaker than boys-this started really young.

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always bombarded with European standards of beauty, religion, and ways of being

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When job applications say must be able to lift 40lbs

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Everywhere

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In The US

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When someone wasn’t hired because of their age even though they were a good fit

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I was impacted at a job I worked at. I quit for self preservation and mental health

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I was impacted at a job I worked at. I quit for self preservation and mental health

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Told I was too old for a job based on the work environment.

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Told I was too old for a job based on the work environment.

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School, Magazines,TV

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Out of college I received a job as an assistant director at a community center for youth. Some parents and colleagues often attempted to treat me as a child based on my age and how young I looked. I constantly had to redirect and prove myself.

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As a mother I am expected to do everything for my child and their father is rewarded for much less work

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As a mother I am expected to do everything for my child and their father is rewarded for much less work

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feeling disconnected with myself and my blackness in my young adolescent years.

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Beginning at a new school and male coworkers obviously intimidated by a woman in power, much aggressive and disrespect from day 1

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teachers using biology as an arguement agains non-binary gender identities

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teachers using biology as an arguement agains non-binary gender identities

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The system teaches us half the story the story they deem vital to the uprising of this country which couldn’t be anymore misleading.

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I work with HS students in a university with an incredibly privileged population so I witness it all the time with the ways my students experience the professors and their classmates

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I work with HS students in a university with an incredibly privileged population so I witness it all the time with the ways my students experience the professors and their classmates

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School

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Schools not understanding that not all families can afford expensive uniform

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Schools not understanding that not all families can afford expensive uniform

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During undergrad at a SUNY school, an RA was hosting a spa night and used hand stencils as her promotion for the event. Someone vandalized the stencils and wrote “Lynch Niggers Night” and crossed out Spa Night.

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not able to have a flexible schedule to accomodate chronic illness

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not able to have a flexible schedule to accomodate chronic illness

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The use of AAVE by non-AA people in an abusive way.

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The use of AAVE by non-AA people in an abusive way.

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Being talked over because I am a woman.  My ideas are not always taken seriously though I have more knowledge than the male in the group.

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Being talked over because I am a woman.  My ideas are not always taken seriously though I have more knowledge than the male in the group.

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Being too old for the job that they are hiring younger staff

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In kindergarten I had a friend who was white. She was my first friend. And there was another white girl in our class who was also her friend. I had an interaction where the second white girls mother expressed some displeasure about me hanging out with her daughter and that was the first time I realized that I wasn't like them and it felt pretty sucky.

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Telling negative stories about indigenous and black people. Glorifying actions of europeans.

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Telling negative stories about indigenous and black people. Glorifying actions of europeans.

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When as an afroLatina, I was told yes I needed permission to feel as a person from our Black race.

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My friend's roommate is in a grad program at NYU, and she got a comment on a paper which said, "This isn't English." This was from a grad professor, who's probably taught several 2nd language English speakers in the past, which makes me really afraid that he's really put down so many other students because of their writing.

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Kids not being able to drink from the water fountains. Years ago, pre covid.

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boys and girls lines, teams, clubs, classses, etc.

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boys and girls lines, teams, clubs, classses, etc.

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My school didn’t have an elevator so when my paraplegic dad came to back to school night he couldn’t go to my classroom

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Correcting someone’s pronunciation rather than focusing on the content of what they are communicating

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Any time I have to work with HS students college app essay and supplemental writing

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using religion to say homophobia is a sin

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using religion to say homophobia is a sin

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seeing my home country being a living colony of the US. My people have been & still go through so much.

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I’m every Hispanic household

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different and more restrctive and sexualized dress codes for girls v boys

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different and more restrctive and sexualized dress codes for girls v boys

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The father of my kids is extremely verbally abusive and just doesn’t know how to speak to me or his children

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I grew up playing sports and the boys teams always had the better uniforms, equipment, and fields. The coaches would actually take the time to make plays while for the girls they would just sit and not coach. We would make our own plays and game strategies.

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not having adequate seating for larger bodied people

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not having adequate seating for larger bodied people

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I went to a mostly white school, I was constantly bombarded with slick comments about my hair, my culture, etc. Girls would come up to me and change their entire way of speaking to “relate” to me; neck popping and using slang. I never spoke that way at school

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i have tons of trans friends but sometimes when i interact with a trans person i dislike, i find myself rationalizing their behavior or justifying my dislike for them in transphobic ways. working to improve this

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Being told i am to young to know what struggle is when I’ve gone through a lot.

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People, Schools, Church’s are Homophobic

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Only teaching about slavery but never teaching about the rich cultures and ways of being that existed before slavery

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People making a jokes about a Pan sexual marrying a cis gendered person.

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Kids sometimes cannot participate in trips or in school events due to lack of funds.

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Being "outted" at work by folks who constantly showed contempt for those outside the gender binary.

Getting misgendered by family members who refuse to support my transition.

Being denied letter from mental health professionals for gender-affirming surgeries

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I’ve noticed that most people don’t care about certain pronouns

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Being told by classmates that I received certain benefits because I was either "lighter" or "darker" than they were.

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Being told by classmates that I received certain benefits because I was either "lighter" or "darker" than they were.

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the idea that women and honestly anyone that’s not cis male shouldn’t be taken seriously on a skate board has been passed down to some of the younger generation. It’s honestly been difficult to navigate when it’s a kid, and not an adult.

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Uncle could not eat food with the lighter family at the table.

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My black friends who would present for our class and would then be commented by the teacher (who is white) and say micro aggressions like " you're so articulate" Also students would state things like " she/he is black but they sound white".

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Teachers Always assuming I had a boyfriend but I was clearly queer

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Some of my classmates voted for another candidate to be president of the class because they said he's a boy just like our US president when I was in middle school.

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Some of my classmates voted for another candidate to be president of the class because they said he's a boy just like our US president when I was in middle school.

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Not being understood because of my accent. Making me feel stupid or less.

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Not being understood because of my accent. Making me feel stupid or less.

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Because I look young, many do not take me seriously at first or trust when I say things. People place limitations on expectations of you based on age/stays/ where you are in life. (Ie. do you have kids yet?/ I don’t want to hear from you unless etc. how old are you, do you even know what you are doing etc). 

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Because I look young, many do not take me seriously at first or trust when I say things. People place limitations on expectations of you based on age/stays/ where you are in life. (Ie. do you have kids yet?/ I don’t want to hear from you unless etc. how old are you, do you even know what you are doing etc). 

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Teachers treating my accent like a disability

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No deep learning about races in school. Learned many while working, and associating with many people of different races, educational levels and researching which is still what I continue to do.

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Kids getting in trouble for speaking Spanish on the playground and in class

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we know covid hit the most vulnarble populations the hardest. the way everyone wants to and things we are "going back to normal"  and we are "at the end of the pandemic" completely ignores how our young people may have experienced the last year and a half. are we just going to continue to completely ignore the ongoing trauma that the young people and their families and communities have experienced due to covid? it feels like it

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being told to not get with a man with darker complexion, etc. because "vas a danar la raza"

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Not learning about Africa or Asia throughout elementary & secondary schooling....except Egypt, and teachers tended to forget Egypt is in Africa.

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Not learning about Africa or Asia throughout elementary & secondary schooling....except Egypt, and teachers tended to forget Egypt is in Africa.

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there's not a day in my life where i'm not impacted by white supremacy as a black person. internalized it looks like body dysmorphia. when i was a kid i tried using laundry bleach to lighten my skin and ended up burning it instead

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i dislike the term "white supremacy" because i feel it gives even more power to the "supreme" element. "white hegemony" and "white dominance" and "white social rule" and "white racial imaginary" are some terms that help me reframe this concept

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I too experienced this ^^^

It’s crazy how the law doesn’t protect people under the age of 40 when it comes to ageism.

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AP US History

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Using the word “gay” to describe something negatively

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I experienced heavy colorism in my family’s home country of Dominican Republic. Still to this day, folx with darker skinned are associated with being of Haitain lineage and therefore seen as less than. While folx of lighter hue receive more privileges. In restaurants, the airport, resorts, government offices, etc

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Forcing kids to wear PE uniforms but not having sizes for ALL body types

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still a work in progress, but being a white person working exclusively with kids of color i am figuring out how to incorporate liberatory practices into our afterschool-day without being a know it all about conditions i haven't experienced.

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black coworkers being offered less $ for jobs

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black coworkers being offered less $ for jobs

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Wow I was told that too. “No daña la razz”

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Back when I was a freshman, I was chatting with a group of peers and I was telling a story when one of them stops me to point out that I was saying a certain word "incorrectly" because of my accent. Everyone starts laughing and then I was pretty much forced to repeat the word over and over again until a friend finally told the person to stop pointing it out. It impacts the way I speak today.

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ignorant comments such as "i identify as a toaster" that diminish the importance of pronouns and gender

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I had a male mentor who would always tell me to man up and deal with things without crying about it

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Arreglar la raza... Meaning that you had to be with a white person to being in proximity to white.

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Arreglar la raza... Meaning that you had to be with a white person to being in proximity to white.

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People thinking scholarships equate to poverty or economic hardship.

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People thinking scholarships equate to poverty or economic hardship.

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all white high school, so many testing moments. I always think about how privileged those kids were and how they’d probably go on to take over a well off company of some sort. I don’t know that thought really sucks, they’re probably the worst people to run any company.

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Within family how lighter members were treated better, needed always to stand my ground of the unfairness of this behavior even as young as I was…

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The belief that to prove my manhood, I must dominate others

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Sadly at one point I thought I was really ugly for not fitting the "beauty standards" of American pop culture, straight hair, light skin and etc. I remember saying I wish I was white....but now I love the skin of my color and love myself more than ever.

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Restaurant in Vegas that displays obese people at a restaurant