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(More customer reviews)Debra Burris-Kitchen has written an informative autobiographical account of the effects of what she terms "heightism." A person's physical stature obviously plays a part in the kinds of snap-judgments we all make about "the other." This is a neglected topic which Burris-Kitchen explores in an interesting and effective analysis. Strongly recommended.
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The author of this memoir, which is also an insightful critique of Americansociety is an academic sociologist who care and writes about the plight of the working class, theminorities, the disadvantaged, and other who suffer from prejudice in our society. She writesfrom the vantage point of one who has suffered from bias, for she has had, all her life, had tofight the stigma and disadvantage of being short. Standing four feet, nine inches, she has beenpatronized, overlooked, rejected, and underestimated consistently. She speaks out for shortpeople, demanding equal respect. In the process she tells a poignant life story and ends byexpanding her demand for fair treatment for all the disadvantaged in our society.
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