By Liz Robbins — 2019
With her play and her talk, did the soccer star inspire us to redefine the meaning of sports? She tried.
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Netflix and the BBC will work together, in an unprecedented move, to promote disabled creatives on and off screen.
Ableism refers to bias, prejudice, and discrimination against people with disabilities. It hinges on the idea that people with disabilities are less valuable than nondisabled people.
Ableism centers around the notion that people with disabilities are imperfect and need fixing.
Social media creators are helping women and people of color identify possible symptoms of A.D.H.D., a disorder most often diagnosed in white boys.
We tend to “believe” in the woke-ness that is “performed” for us. “The more vocal you are, the more confident you appear. And because you appear more confident, you seem to have more influence on other people, who believe you’ll be great at practicing what you claim too,” she says.