Stories tagged “Discrimination”
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Rebirth / Kindness of Strangers (II)
She looked around again, “and Dr. Green?” she asked me. “He had to step out.” I hedged. “No doubt,” she said. She looked somewhat disappointed but not surprised. “My own fault really, I should have told him before we got here. I just wasn...
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A Brief Introduction to the World of Mammoth
My very first story!! I’m so excited!! Now, in my (cruelly abbreviated) Bio, I promised to share a little bit of my knowledge about mammoth with everyone. I don’t like to brag, but I am a leading self-appointed expert on mammoth habitat, di...
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Age Is But A Number
She knocked on the door. A smiling old woman answered, looking surprised. - Hello – she said hurriedly -, is this Exit? - Yes, it is. Why? - I’d like to join. Here’s the money, my ID, and the joining form. She was enthusiastic; this h...
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Speaking Out For My Race
You know it all. You know it’s wrong – and not just wrong, but torturous, frightening, pure evil. You see kids doing stuff which other kids don’t do. Looking different. Communicating and thinking different. You may think it’s no...
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Autism
She walks towards me and I stare at the mole on the side of her cheek because it is very small almost a freckle but it is a mole. She says, “Why did they let the Speds in here? Get out, freak, you’re in my way.” Her eyes go up and the...