Shortchanged : Height Discrimination and Strategies for Social Change (Hardcover)

from patsaintsfan

This is an interesting book. I am only 5'1, and I found myself nodding many times while reading this book. Discrimination shows its face in all sorts of ways. I'm glad I won this through a Librarything giveaway, and I will let others I know read it as well!

from KWROLSEN

This was an interesting read about the discrimination against short people. Many of ideas presented were thought-provoking. After some self-reflection, I now realize some of the jokes and comments I made to friends and family could have been hurtful and unkind; although that was not my intention....

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Shortchanged: Height Discrimination and Strategies for Social Change by Tanya S. Osensky This book discuses "heightism", the concept that taller is better, short people are considered (by many others) as inferior. Showing how short people are biased in life; in school, social settings, the work ...

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Shortchanged: Height Discrimination and Strategies for Social Change by Tanya S. Osensky This book discuses "heightism", the concept that taller is better, short people are considered (by many others) as inferior. Showing how short people are biased in life; in school, social settings, the work ...