Patronizing can be Like Discriminating
Among other things, patronizing people based ongender or race is taking away from the credibility ofsuccess and makes the question for having somethingearned even bigger. It affects every aspect of life.People getting rewarded based on what gender or racerather then merit or achievement. Everyone talks aboutdiscriminating people but few talks about patronizingpeople.It’s nothing new either. For example, baseball greatJackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame, has hisnumber retired on every baseball team in the US(including those teams not existing in his time), but notfor the right reasons. But here’s the interesting part.Everyone today knows he is a black man. But mostpeople who don’t follow baseball don’t know very muchelse about him, his accomplishments as an athlete, hislife or even where he’s from. Some people don’t evenknow he was an American. So, for all the hardship andhard work he had underwent to play baseball, he isn’teven being remembered for much more than his skincolor.The… Read More »Patronizing can be Like Discriminating