Or, it’s selling his “weakness” instead as “coolness”. I don’t think it’s disrespectful at all, especially when you consider that ad was made probably around 1989.
I can’t speak for people with disabilities as I don’t have that experience myself. I just know that when we had to take sensitivity training at work there was a big part about being careful with your language when you refer to people disabilities so that you aren’t identifying them solely as that. Like saying a person with a handicap vs. handicapped. This would be kind of the same thing. I don’t have an opinion on it personally and like you said it was the 90s, but I think that’s why the person in the Twitter was complaining about it.
I’m sure that was their thought process. My issue is that ignoring the cultural context like they are doing there is pretty dumb.
I mean even today if an ad did this I’m not sure it would be offensive but it damn sure wasn’t back then. It was actually part of a movement to be more inclusive that started around that time. Call it cynical pandering if you want, but that kind of stuff is literally part of the reason that today people try to be more sensitive to differences between people.
I’m with you, the ad obviously isn’t trying to make the kid look bad. The twitter person just doesn’t have the same perspective and probably isn’t old enough to have grown up with that sort of earlier diversity stuff. They’re looking at it with a modern lens.
Or, it’s selling his “weakness” instead as “coolness”. I don’t think it’s disrespectful at all, especially when you consider that ad was made probably around 1989.
I can’t speak for people with disabilities as I don’t have that experience myself. I just know that when we had to take sensitivity training at work there was a big part about being careful with your language when you refer to people disabilities so that you aren’t identifying them solely as that. Like saying a person with a handicap vs. handicapped. This would be kind of the same thing. I don’t have an opinion on it personally and like you said it was the 90s, but I think that’s why the person in the Twitter was complaining about it.
I’m sure that was their thought process. My issue is that ignoring the cultural context like they are doing there is pretty dumb.
I mean even today if an ad did this I’m not sure it would be offensive but it damn sure wasn’t back then. It was actually part of a movement to be more inclusive that started around that time. Call it cynical pandering if you want, but that kind of stuff is literally part of the reason that today people try to be more sensitive to differences between people.
I’m with you, the ad obviously isn’t trying to make the kid look bad. The twitter person just doesn’t have the same perspective and probably isn’t old enough to have grown up with that sort of earlier diversity stuff. They’re looking at it with a modern lens.
Yeah, I know that’s what they are doing. I think it’s an unhealthy tendency and it feels on the rise.
Hey I really appreciate you taking the training seriously and incorporating it into how you treat people. 👍🏻
/sincere
Wait, does you closing the sincere tag mean the rest of your day you’ll be disingenuious?
Shitposting is the default on the Internet.