A while back, I posted a video of the ABC special show What Would You Do? staging a scene of discrimination against a Muslim woman to see how people would react. It made me cry and I wanted to share it, and it made me hope aloud (in internet terms, and over beer with Nicola) that I would do the right thing and stand up for others.
The same show went to Texas to see whether folks there would react to a gay family experiencing discrimination in a restaurant. This one made me cry too, and it gives me hope that if I need it, other people might stand up for me. Especially, it turns out, people in Texas. Texas may be one of 26 states where LGBT people can be refused service (which I did not know and makes me want to shriek!), but the people in this restaurant are not some faceless homophobic state statute, and I hereby apologize for every offhand dismissive generalization I have made about their state. I should know better, honestly, and it is just too fucking easy to paint in broad strokes. When I see things like this video, I remember to get out my finer brushes.
Enjoy your day.
That is an amazing video. Thanks so much for posting it.
Wow.
I have also been blown away by people’s acceptance of my boss, who is physically disabled and eats via g-tube, being fed in restaurants when we all stop to eat on trips. In the ’80s, everybody stared even though we were feeding the clients orally. I thought that public g-tube feeding would attract stares and complaints. It hasn’t. The world is moving in the right direction. Thanks for posting this.