Emily M, you are beautiful. Would you like to go out on a date ?

I would talk to you if only you wasnt so intimidating.

Like this if noone has ever made a confession about you

so there's a guy I like and he likes me back. advice/insight needed: his friends do not like me (at ALL), unfortunately, and have sent me some rude messages. why is this? let it be known that I have not once made any type of contact with his friends prior.

Hit that like button if your a Gampo I know you all are out there.

To that chubby fellow in AASA, You have an explosive laugh, it's cute. And you have a great sense of humor.

to the beautiful tall, blonde goddess who is always studying in the main chairs of OGC.... you are captivating. your laugh, smile, eyes, the way you tuck your hair behind your ear... everything about you drives me crazy. does anyone know who this lovely lady is? i must know

It's interesting. I've been thinking about privilege in general and how any majority group has some sort of privilege. If you're right handed, you have access to many right handed things. If you are able bodied, you have access to lots more things. Even if you're not overweight, you have more access to things. In the U.S. Christians have privilege of having most holidays off for school, work, etc. Even down to food choices: people with dietary restrictions have to go out of their way to find food that they can eat that doesn't kill them.

These are much smaller things compared to being born in a minority race or orientation or other major underprivileged minority.

The point is, odds are, you should be in some sort of minority group (even in such a small, small way.) Now imagine that feeling that you get when someone truly can't relate with how you feel because they have never experienced it, and respect that feeling.

Think about a blind person. You can never 100% relate to them unless you are as blind as they are. If you're not blind, you can always "cheat" and open your eyes. It's never real to you. But a blind person can't.

Do what you can to change the mindset. Challenge others when they make assumptions or force stereotypes. That's the only way you'll really be an ally. Otherwise, you're just another person pretending to understand, yet let it go by. Be the person who stands up for the underprivileged. Whether it means listening to someone talk, holding a door for someone who can't, or speaking out against offensive language. By letting it happen, you're approving of other's actions.