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I was born in Iran. On my Spanish passport it reflects my place of birth, along with the name Mohammad, which I don& #39;t use. This fact alone has impacted how I& #39;ve been treated. 1/8
I was born in Iran. On my Spanish passport it reflects my place of birth, along with the name Mohammad, which I don& #39;t use. This fact alone has impacted how I& #39;ve been treated. 1/8
In school I was bullied for many years both psychologically and physically (they broke my leg in 3 places among other things), and I was constantly facing derogatory comments. Having been overweight for much of my childhood and teenage years, only made things worse. 2/8
During my adult life I& #39;ve been subject to racism and discrimination, whether it& #39;s traveling to certain countries or being given looks or treated differently when using public and private services in Spain and them saying that I& #39;m not "really" Spanish. 3/8
And yet I feel extremely privileged. I feel I& #39;ve been very lucky in life and have had good opportunities. And I& #39;m very thankful for what I have and most definitely I& #39;m not looking for sympathy. There are many people that have and continue to really suffer. 4/8
But going through this experience has made me aware that there is such a thing as privilege and we often forget that. I do too at times, and I& #39;m not proud of it. 5/8
When you have not been subjected to discrimination because of the way you look, where you were born, your skin color, or many of the other things that aren& #39;t necessarily of our own doing, it& #39;s very hard for you to understand what "privilege" means when folks tell you 6/8
you have privilege. And if you don& #39;t understand that, it& #39;s even more difficult for you to make claims that we all are equal and none of these aspects impact our work. Our work is always impacted by the interactions 7/8
we have as individuals with this world. And in this world, unfortunately, not everyone is treated equally. 8/8.
