You know Miss.Vickie I used to get really upset with this kind of thing. On the other hand , It's something we have probably all been guilty of at one time or another. Whether it be social class, sex, race, even small things like punctuation and grammar on forums.

So I don't know, but maybe if we try to work on these things within ourselves first, maybe we can become teachers of acceptance and tolerance by doing.

I used to be scared of people finding out I had Bipolar because of the stigmas. When I finally starting being honest about it I mostly received a different reaction than I expected, of coarse not completely. People generally were more like "really? huh, I wouldn't have guessed" The more people see that mental illness can hit anyone, even people they know, the more it breaks down the preconceived notions. So I think we just have to work on it a little at a time. Things change slower than we would like, but things are changing.