Can you say midget on tv

Then that will be on the news and look funny to the masses, a bunch of little people waddling around with protest signs. More than years after Barnum debuted his world-famous midgets, their modern descendants — bereft of good roles, beset by health problems spinal compression, bone malformation and neurological issues, to name a few , cruelly commoditized and toothlessly defended — remain closer to the past than the future.

So why did I see a minstrel show where others saw a fun night out? Particularly now, with Hollywood on high alert about its representation of marginalized groups, how is it that the hand-wringing never extends to this one — not even among LPs themselves, at least not consistently? She delivered a healthy son, Grayson, on Aug. She was photographed July 21 at Edge Studio. Many attendees knew her or someone who knew her. Jole, 36, did not envision herself as a reality star. To pay the bills, she honed an act as a musical impersonator, playing pop sirens like Britney Spears and Lady Gaga.

He would spring surprises on me, like throwing a mini Kevin Federline onstage in the middle of my Britney performance. Jole and Tripp met at the Madhouse and bonded on the road as dancers for Ozzy Osbourne. Beacher insists he never mistreated Tripp in any way.

And that is a delight. He was photographed July 23 in Birmingham, U. She claims Beacher saw the move as a betrayal. I had to change my cellphone number.

Beacher laughs off that account. Two decades later, his life seemed to be a fairy tale. But one day in , Eaton found her husband hanging in their Los Angeles home. He was Eaton declined to speak for this article. There are no medical studies on suicide and depression rates among little people, but the anecdotal evidence is alarming.

Law , shot himself at the height of his fame in Three years after that, Villechaize shot himself outside his North Hollywood home, writing in a suicide note that his dwarfism had left him in intolerable physical pain. Substance abuse is common. Henry Nasiff Jr. Verne Troyer, who grew up in an Amish community in Michigan, has seen lots of drama since his breakthrough role as Mini-Me, a tiny clone of Dr. He was photographed July 21 at his home in North Hollywood.

That is an understatement. Troyer, 47, nearly died of alcohol poisoning in after breaking up with his fiancee of two months, Playboy model Genevieve Gallen. Then in , his ex-girlfriend Yvette Monet filed for a restraining order against him. At 2-foot-8, he is a record holder for being the shortest actor.

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I do believe that it would be great to claim "the word" as our own in much the same way as African Americans and Blacks have claimed "nigger.

Nor are they standing up for their right to be addressed as human beings in a verbal way. I do use the term, "midget" in the satire of my stand-up comedy act, and that is the closest I get to it. So often, the use of the word will eliminate a person's humanity. Next time you hear it used in TV, film, or print see how it makes you feel about "midgets. It's generally demeaning and dehumanizing. I think to fully claim the word in empowerment, the way black Americans have claimed the word "nigger," entails getting it away from those who abuse it or misuse it.

We are forbidden to join the military or police force based purely on size and not ability. The ACLU, has not, in my experience acknowledged such issues as forcible eviction, denial of housing, or employment and education when it comes to people with Dwarfism.

The response was "We don't recognize that there is any such race as the Dwarf race. With regard to the term Little People, I suppose that until we can get the world at large not to describe someone as black or Jewish or disabled or Asian or Hispanic when we talk of their existence, we must include the term "People" in order to keep them in the one race that we all share -- the human race. I suppose it is more than you expected after your note to me, but it is something that I have great passion about and have spoken publicly at every opportunity and it is the reason I pursue acting as passionately as I do.

You touch on a strange phenomenon: The way members of various discriminated-against groups use words among themselves that would be fighting words if used about them by others. You doubt that "midget" will ever be domesticated among Little People in the same way "nigger" has been tamed among blacks, but actually I think that is just as well.

Words that cause pain should be retired, although perhaps during the transitional period they can offer a certain homeopathic relief. I have recently been in correspondence with disabled people over the ending of " Million Dollar Baby ," and note that they sometimes use terms like "crip" and "gimp. The mere fact that you have decided to retire the word midget from your work -- which I have watched on PBS since the 70's indeed has made my week.

Every significant move forward is huge. My wife always tells me every step, no matter how big or small, is a step. The idea that you publish this on you site honors me further.

Regarding the use of "nigger" and "gimp" or "crip. I think that when you do have that bond and have used those terms with someone in an even, equal exchange, it is then that the words are truly owned. It is a recognition of having defeated the hate that comes with the terms. With regard to Midget I have coined a term on stage that eliminates its impact in much the same way African Americans and Blacks which traditionally was not capitalized in the same way White was to describe race have altered the word "nigger" to "Nigga.

So in closing I would just like to say to you Mr. Unfortunately I this to be a double edged sword, I agree wholeheartedly that any insult is just not acceptable behavior, but by drawing attention to the term it advertises itself to the ignorant and undiciplined, and it becomes ammunition that they may otherwise have not been aware of.

Perhaps we might be better served by looking at it slightly differently ourselves and adopting it as a way of differentiating between the two conditions. I feel much the same with the "N" word, again, reaction fuels aggression. I know this is not what the majority of us feel when encountering the wrong doers, and we may be unable to protect ouselves physically, but mentally it might just help.

I have used a concealed "button" camera, to capture verbal abusers and forwarded it to the Police, but it does take a lot of restraint and courage to take it all the way. No convictions yet though, but I am trying. Well said! Thank you. I lived that all my live including my mom.

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