our society does accept people who are different...right?

Question

pls convince me that truly we accept....
real stories are welcomed!!!!

THANKS
xxx

Answer 1

We do hear a lot about intolerance, and I think a lot of it is true. People fear people who are different.

That being said, I am 37. I've been an openly gay woman since I was 16. I have lived in LA, Ca., Houston, TX, Huntsville, AL, Nashville, TN and Tampa, FL. A pretty diverse group of states. To my knowledge, I have never once been discriminated against for being gay and you can tell by looking at me that I am.

Nobody has ever approached me or yelled hateful things, I've never lost a job; other than my own family, nobody has ever stopped being my friend, or said anything to me in public while with my partner.

So while they may be doing all of that behind my back, which is fine, I've never encountered anything like that. While we have much to learn and a long way to go, society is not quite as bad as we might think.

Answer 2

I read this after your other question and am not suprized you posted it after the answers you got. Cynacysm runs rampant. Accept has many meanings and connotations that may not be the word you are looking for. I think depending on how much you as a person value people and their differences affects how you view the way society does. If I doen't value differences, then I think society is verry accepting. It is all relative. I suppose there is no black and white in this case, and thus your depate may be futile. That being said; a society is made of individuals, so I think we do accept differences, as people how could we not?

Answer 3

It's a very provocative question, with that not an easy to answer...
People who are different usually come from different environments, they also live under specific conditions, so one should primarily ask if we really deal with different people at our work or in public places in general or is it just our imagination...
One who is different might not be able to speak and consequently one wouldn't meet such a person in, say trade union meeting or a board of managers with perhaps few exceptions, when those involved are well connected and ( or ) truly experts on their field of action !
Different people ( people with a handicap ) usually end in some obscure facility which enables them to only partly develop their talents and are usually abused by those who can clearly speak for themselves...

Answer 4

Yes, we are known as the Melting Pot because so many people from different countries are here. We have couples who could have more children of their own take in children from other countries and raise them as their own. People with physical handicaps are accepted and their are programs for them. We accept the fact that some people have addictions (drugs, acohol,sex) and we hold programs to help them. We try to find jobs for people even if they are different.

In some cases you will find people who can't accept anyone's differences. These are the really sick people who need help, but will never admit it. So even though we hate what they think.........we somehow accept these different people, too.

Answer 5

On the contrary, our society is subtly - and sometimes not so subtly - bigoted, sexist, racist, etc. We envy the monied class and have little, if any, time for people who are different. I could provide lots of real stories, but the retelling only gets me agitated. Plus, there isn't enough room on the page.

Answer 6

We accept what we can not change. We dont nessisarily agree or approve but acceptance is the key to all of my problems. I need not concern myself with what I can change in others, but what I can change about myself. I accept that some people are buttheads, but I try not to be one.