- Do believe in yourself
- Do fight for your rights
- Do use a combination of overt and covert tactics to fight the wrongs that others perpetrate against short people
- Do use legal means
- Do hold your head high
- Do buy clothes that make you look good (as difficult as that may be sometimes)
- Do respond to slights (as long as it's not a foolish risk)
- Do take the issue of short stature discrimination seriously
- Do eat properly
- Do workout
- Do learn to physically defend yourself
- Do relax
- Do help other short people
- Do make the issue of short stature discrimination known
- Do be strong (physically and mentally)
- Do remember that there ARE others like you (this writer is one!)
- Do live in a place that minimizes stress
- Do write about discrimination against short people
- Do be prepared for the unexpected
- Do guard your dignity
- Do discuss your height only with a trusted friend, family member, or a trained, qualified professional that knows that there is real discrimination and dislike of short people
- Do attempt to initiate organizations for short people (colleges, schools, communities, etc)
- Do make legitimate complaints when needed
- Do expose others who attempt to hurt you
- Do watch and see how taller others are treated in comparison with you (words, tone of voice, actions, facial expressions, etc.)
- Don't be intimidated by larger or taller people
- Don't believe a professional psychologist or non-short person (or anyone else for that matter) who tells you the problem is in YOU
- Don't convey weakness
- Don't kiss A-S-S
- Don't hurt yourself with anger
- Don't be passive
- Don't be caught off guard
- Don't be silly or childish (Society loves a valid reason to discriminate against you)
- Don't be intimidated by police or people with uniforms
- Don't do drugs or alcohol
- Don't associate with those who don't respect you or those who treat you improperly - AND THAT INCLUDES EVEN FAMILY (many times the worst perpetrators of injustice to short people are family members)
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