Talk:Midget
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move to Wiktionary! -- Tarquin 20:20 Jan 5, 2003 (UTC) I agree -- Taku 20:43 Jan 5, 2003 (UTC)
To user who redirected: your redirect eliminated the content specific to this word. Midget and dwarf are not always synonymous. Please don't do this again without proposing and discussing. Thanks. Alteripse 13:56, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
It amazes me how many people still have no idea what the politically correct term for a "person of small stature" is. Here in Houston we got the message loud and clear in 1999. Director of Affirmative Action Lenoria Walker, an African-American, referred to City Councilman Joe Roach as a midget. She was forced to resign over the remark. The correct term is neither "midget" nor "little person", but "dwarf", as Mr. Roach pointed out.