Diversity and lack of it

Originally posted by NicolaJayne Originally posted by iGRF I should just add, shortism is worse than racism, nothing we shortfolk can do about it, even Michael Jackson turned white, homosexuals, don't really have to practise, trans folk don't 'have' to be either, it's a choice, yet here we are without any shortphobic defense protocols to employ, denied jobs, universally prejudiced against, nothing we can do, we are the silent yet universally enslaved to prejudice minority.. Hope that makes you feel really bad.  you are absurd, wrong in law and utterly clinically illiterate Graham   facts don;t care about your  feels  gender identity  and sexuality are durable biologically  mediated facts as  seen  by the  view of the ICD11   you  are the kind of person   quick  to throw around accusations of peopel beign  snowflakes when the biggest  snowflake is you

That's as may be, but you, whatever you are, are protected by law if somebody calls you out, I am not, which is the point I was making albeit in mild jest, but a fact just the same. With apologies if you feel offended. I on the other hand am not even able to confect offence because denial and humour will always be the excuse.

Complains about not being accepted and then displays what to many is knowingly unacceptable behaviour.

Self fulfilling pattern.....again.







Edited by Sussex Lad - 15 Mar 22 at 7:21am

Very true .

Originally posted by Oatsandbeans I think the people that go on about this are a certain group that will find this wherever they look and make a big fuss about it

And there we have it.

Back on track for a moment. As an earlier poster wrote, most people get into sailing because their family already sails. So how to entice a Chinese family, a Pakistani family, a black family into the unfamiliar world of sailing? What do they see when they look at a sailing club on a busy day? Apart from the lack of people from their own community, they see a lot of people doing incomprehensible, technical things in complex toys. Its daunting. Add in the perceived elitist reputation of sailing clubs, and we have the current situation. Its much easier to go to Halfords (LBS are available!) and buy some bikes for outdoor family sport.