Albeism

• Using words like “crazy, stupid, lame, gimp, words that equate disability with brokenness
• Not looking people with disabilities in the eye when passing them on the sidewalk, talking to them, etc.

Capitalism/Classism

• An individual believing that poor and low income people don’t want to eat healthy
• Talking to a poor or low income person as though they are less intelligent.

Gender Binary

• Parent gender policing their child: “Boys don’t cry”, “girls don’t get dirty”, “toughen up”, “don’t play with that truck, doll, etc.

Sexism

• A feminine person feeling afraid of wearing feminine clothes, or showing skin, and instead feeling a need to wear more masculine clothes in order to gain respect or avoid harassment at work.
• Using words like bitch, girls, or pussy in a way that equates femininity with weakness or wrongness.

Racism

• Someone crossing the street or locking their doors when a Black man is walking towards them
• Acting defensive and interpreting it as personal attack when a Person of Color points out racism as it is happening.