I'll never forget the first time I saw Peter Dinklage in a role. It was the first time ever I saw a little person represented as an actual real human being. It had a strong impact on me and made me realize how much prejudice I had in me, even though I've never met a little person in real life. It's a truly bizzarre and dumb part of our culture

*Peter Dinklage aka Tyrion Lannister from Game Of Thrones, is the first dwarf person to get a top role in any media work which isn't focused on using his size to entertain others. And he earned more money than 99% of the cast.*

That exploitation on Jerry Springer is nauseating (that show is an affront to humanity all on its own).

My grandfather was 4'9". But in my book, he was a tall person. He could shoot the eye out of a squirrel. He could ride any horse. He could add a tall column of numbers, three across in his head in seconds. He could draw about anything. There really wasn't much he couldn't do. His mother died when he was seven. His dad and two old maid aunts raised him. In those days, a child like that, who was also crippled was often put away... But our family educated him. They knew he would not be able to perform the type of manual labor available to most men in those days. He became a school teacher. He was greatly respected. Many spoke highly of him. I was always so proud of him.

As 5" 2' male I have had my struggles, but nothing in comparison to those even shorter. Shortness is indeed the last acceptable form of discrimination, even in professional settings and from those who present themselves as enlightened. The wisest words of this video are at 12:53.

I saw a SciFi movie with Peter Dinklage called Rememory...a great film...he played regular person, and the fact that he was a little person was never brought up...he was just who he was...and I think that is what little people want...if you are tall or short or thin or fat...you are just a person...not that different from anyone else...

As a dwarf for someone to say were born at a disadvantage couldn’t make me angrier I’m a nurse at a level 1 trauma hospital, in excellent shape, competent in my profession. Don’t mess with us:)

Over 30 years ago, when I was in my early twenties, I remember hanging out with my friends at a festival in NYC. There happened to be a section where they had charged a fee to see a woman who had dwarfism. I didn’t believe someone was as small as they advertised and remember thinking I just had to see it for myself. When I finally got to the booth and looked down to see this very small woman who looked up at me I felt so ashamed that I participated in that. The way I felt immediately convicted me of that so-called “attraction”. It is wrong and shameful. I apologize for having participated in this in the past. Thanks for your documentary.

I was teased and disrespected at the height of 5’2”. All my life. I can only imagine what you guys go thru.

They are not miniature adults, they are adults. They are human! I'm 4 foot 10 and people look down on me. Don't take me seriously. Treat me like a child. Ask me how's the weather down there. This is normally when I'm at work. People have sang, "its a small world after all." Even one coworker pointed out a petite lady and said look, "she's shorter then you!!!!" I was so embarresed. I told her that was rude! I felt so ackward and outraged. I went up to the other lady and wanted to say sorry but she walked away from me. I felt by looking into her eyes that me saying sorry wasn't going to help her feel better. I felt sooooo aweful even though it wasn't me saying such an insensitive thing to someone. It's also why I'm sick of society and no longer wish to be a part of it anymore.

I'm of "normal" height and it makes me so mad when people laugh at little people. What's funny???? They are human beings who just happen to be shorter in height. 💜💜

Thank you for posting this. As a little person I really enjoyed watching and learning

My boyfriend has dwarfism I can’t imagine someone hurting him or making him feel like he’s less than human, I love him so much and he is the light of my life, his short height is limiting and he can’t reach the top shelf he says one of the advantages of dating me is that I can reach the top shelf for him and I’m always happy to do that when ever I see him I help him put towels away or help him get a plate. He is 3’11 I’m 5’8, sometimes I forget that we aren’t the same height and I’ll joke around a bit to much and that’s something that I’ve had to learn because when I stand next to him I only see the person that I love not his height and his physical limitations. I love him so much though and I wouldn’t change him, he is sweet and kind and so caring and i do not think anyone has the right to hurt him because he puts so much light out in the world. He is so motivated and he is so capable and responsible and he pushes me to be my very best he always reminds me about things when I am forgetful and he motivates me to go to school and learn, he cheers me up when I’m depressed or when I’ve had a bad day. I love him so much and I would do anything to make him happy and I couldn’t stand someone dehumanizing him or making him feel that he is worth less then anyone else that is a normal height, we met in kindergarten and I was taken out of school at a young age for bullying, ten years later we met again and fell in love I can see myself marrying him and I could never see myself loving another like I love him he is my true love.

She seems like such an incredible human. I hate to think that little people are looked over and their voices are forgotten, but unfortunately it really is the brutal reality. Awful :(

I am a little person standing 3ft 8 and everytime I go out I attract a lot of attention. I dont like different from the so call average person I am just short .my body is portion

12:55 There it is. The entire message. So much respect for this woman and how she has learned to live.

We only lived once. It’s unfortunates how we treated others who didn’t fits the norm. Life is too precious, so do what makes you happy and don’t give a f*ck what others say about you.

This treatmen is a shame for humanity...😱😣

I just don't get how this society still cannot accept people that are different than we are. Why is this so hard? Live and let live, people!!!!

The love and support of your family, is everything. That's all you need, to be the wonderful person you are 💝

Because of my condition I'm considered a little person, although I'm on the cusp at 4'10" (Leri-Weill Dyschondreostisi) so it can get hard to really tell people how my joins and bones, and of course jaws & teeth in this disorder, are getting wrecked.

Is it me or has Tyrion Lannister the character helped earn respect for little people more than pretty much anything so far?

Yaaas Cara!! as a little person who inspires to make content such as this, i truly appreciate this authentic representation! I could help but get teary eyed at a point! THIS!!

I hate discrimination. Live and let live, and treat people the same. Only judge people by their actions (and in some cases their words) but never by simply who they are.

This was really interesting. It’s underrated by show of views. “Is one of the last accepted forms of discrimination.” Fascinating. There could potentially be some kind of rights movement here.

I want to give her a hug 😿

I am so insecure about my height. I regret and resent it everyday it just effect my daily life. I always hope for a miracle.

Being black in america is hard but being a woman, black and a dwarf has to be extremely stressful in America.

I think a lot of the discrimination unfortunately comes from the way our brains are wired: we find little things with human features cute. Like children. The most major type of discrimination, I'd imagine, would be the kind who gawk or treat you like a child or want to pick you up like a toy. I think people can go a bit crazy when they see cute things, like the way my partner goes googly eyed for dogs or the way old ladies fawn over my 4 year old son, people really need to show a bit more restraint. If the person is happy to do a show or otherwise exploit what they are born with, that should also be fine. Just don't call people nasty names, there is no need for it, especially when height is not something you can change.

Cara, you are a queen among men. An alchemist, helping turn our suffering and resentment and struggles into golden wisdom. Thank you so much for all you've done and are doing for our people.

This video is so valuable. Thank you for not only telling your story but telling so many peoples story. No matter how you were born we all deserve to live our dreams and be treated just like anyone else. Ily

Happy Dwarfism Awareness Month to all the Dwarfism community. Watching from London UK.

This was very well done

Wonderful and inspirational exploration of how to define one's self in a world that is set upon defining and stereotyping you. Wishing you all the best.

This is an excellent documentary. Thank you for doing this. It was very insightful. You are a remarkable woman.

I wish this was longer. I actually stumbled upon that wrestling location when i was out traveling years back. I love wrestling and wanted to go in but felt guilty and stopped myself. After watching this I wish I would have just went in, they look amazing.

Thank you for this beautiful video! I hope someday we humans stop making fun of each other’s disabilities and understand that we all are human being. Sadly soon it’s 2021 and still we can see a lot of bad behavior humans have! No change at all

Much love and respect to all our little ppl walkin this earth y’all deserve the respect.

What an eloquent, intelligent woman

They are so right! I’ve felt this for years!!!

This is very well done.

This is a terrific video. Great job.

This is quality journalism

Thank you for this documentary. This in't the first one I have seen about little people, but it was really excellent. I choked up from emotion a few times.

I'm 5 foot 4 but feel like a dwarf even though I'm just short

My cousin is a little person. She has a "regular job", so I'm not sure where this micro-wrestling manager gets the idea that it can't be done. YES! It is 100% exploitation, and those who think otherwise...need to check their privilege

I understand her story as I have witnessed school age children feel the same way in comparison to a larger peer. My mission is always to protect my smaller students from bullying.

$300 A NIGHT is a lot more than most of us make. I'm glad "Little Show" enjoys his job.

Absolutely awsome,congrats‼️‼️

I am a. 59 year old short statured female adult,I am 4'7" and I am visually impaired with limited vision,I use a white cane and I have a dad who is 5 feet tall and he was teased,I have a sister fhat is 4'11",and aunt who is 4'11".I adapt myself in my home by using stools,asking for help,I do have some of my clothes altered to fit me,I wear a size 3 footwear,grocery shopping is hard and tiring but I can do it on my own with some help when I need it.I am a canadian,anything taller than me makes me nervous but I do talk to people and sometimes ask for help.I am independent with some help when I neef it while living at home.

This world is so broken….. what is the key for all of us to just live and love each other. Very informative documentary. 🙏 thank you

They are being treated less than the rest. Needs to Stop 🛑 ASAP!!!

She's beautiful what's her name, theres man out here that definitely don't mind her shortness

I am sitting here watching this at 06:02 central European time And thinking to myself... why am I up this late. And most importantly that we still have such a long way to go before we all feel equal as humans. Everybody feeling marginalised.

You are all amazing ❤️

My mom was short enough to qualify as a "little person." But her proportions were ordinary and I didn't know this until I was old enough to read it somewhere. She was self-conscious about her height, and wore very high heels. She was impressed when she went to college, that nobody remarked on her size! I'm short too, but over 2 inches taller than my mom, and I don't qualify.

I do not have dwarfism but I'm 5'2" but it's definitely true that it's still very socially acceptable to discriminate against short people, specially if you're a man, so it's very encouraging to see small people unite and act against this types of discrimination

Her deepest desire is to be looked at as a very Conservative smart woman. But what she has to realise and come to terms with is all dwarfs are different just like big people and all dwarfs have different walks of life they all have different talents and some are comfortable with what they do. Due to there life circumstances. She has to find peace and acceptance within herself. 😌

I'm so sorry that anyone would treat you poorly; because you ARE what you are born. You've no control over that. No one does. In my life I've only ever knew of one small person. She went to my high school. I had no classes with her, so I never had the opportunity to get to know her. I will admit that I was so very jealous that the small person was a friend to someone I knew, not me. I was envious. I viewed the small person as someone special!

What truly beautiful people. Live and let live. Respect and love should always be the Hallmark.

She was confused that the little wrestlers didnt identify as victims. Once victim mentality gets a hold of you it’s hard to see the world any different

Awesome… well done!!

Physical dwarfism dwarfs in comparison to the emotional, intellectual and spiritual dwarfism we see around us. Thank you for this insightful video. Will share.

What’s wrong with dwarf wrestling is the wrestling. All wrestlers are exploited. And why is the girl who does burlesque not being exploited?

Yeah is true acceptable blakface says everything.

Sara Baartman was also in a circus!

very interesting and insightful documentary I learned great deal about the experiences of the participant's and greatly narrated by the podcaster's own life journey and memories.

It's crazy what poor manners some people have. You just walk up and touch her? How can you think that's cool?

This was a very interesting, thought-provoking video. Very enjoyable and balanced.

Ugh that Wrestling Manager calling those grown adults with dwarfism “Kids” really proves how ignorant he is

So much suffering in this world 😔 Many people just lack empathy & have no self awareness

I never thought of Peter Dinklage as a dwarf or little person even though it’s right there and he says it multiple times in the show. I just never thought of him as anything but a great character whom I loved the most on GoT. I humanized him immediately early on in the show as soon as I was blown away by how great Tyrion Lannister was as a character. I swear I just never stopped and realized he had dwarfism. He was just an awesome character that was so much more powerful character-wise than all the other characters on the show. I’m sorry the world forgot about what you go through. I go through racism everyday but it’s nothing compared to being born with dwarfism (I hope I’m okay to say that).

much respect to these people 🙏

Galadriel: Mithrandir... why the Halfling? Gandalf: ...I don't know. Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I've found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps it is because I am afraid... and he gives me courage.

I'm a dwarf by height standards, people always have to bring it up

fight for your right every people should get respect and normal life like other people

excellent!

I've always found the plight of little people as a marginalized group deeply fascinating, and the determination and strength of little people today to push against that fetishization and objectification and to seek to define for themselves what it means to be a little person on thier own terms never ceases to astound. I honestly think little people are kind of amazing in that way, much more than the surface-level novelty of thier size ever could be.

Excellent.

Theses humans are not little they are Giants in ❤ heart with great resiliency,sprit,intelligent and POWER.I wish that I had their ❤ heart because they have alot of it.🙏👍✌🙂

Selene Luna’s advice is wonderful, because it speaks to every person, not just Little People. I am waiting to “turn the corner” she referred to, to have my personal epiphany.

This is pure true I think us humans are bullies bye nature and whatever that looks different we mess with it the wrong way.

In England there was dwarf whose name was Sir William Shakespeare. who was a Baronet (a member of the British Aristocracy), who was a GP (a family doctor) in a small English town.

We all deserve the same . ❤️

I would rather be called a midget than have to see adults talking foreign language to their kids watching me as they speak..

My grade school (1950's) friend' older brother had dwarfism. I know he had a hard time but he was just my friend's brother and he helped her with her math homework. I didn't know anything and was never explained anything (1950's). I didn't know what dwarfism was as a kid and because I was at my friend's house so much, he was just my friend's older brother. I know he worked in an office at the Main Post Office in DC and died in his mid forties. My niece's 1/2 brother had a different form of dwarfism. (?) he was about 5' tall, small head and thin but also severely mentally developmentally disabled. He died at age 25 due to multiple internal physical issues. I tend to be attracted to make friends with people who I am attracted to with a mental and common interest attraction, not physical.

Growing up my buddy always said Its midget not dwarf. I asked why once and he said he didnt want people to think of the 7 Dwarfs when referring to him.

Nobody talks about this type of rasism

I never got to meet Michael Dunn, who portrayed Dr. Miguelito Loveless on the Wild Wild West, but I sure wish I had. That man was only 3ft 10 or 11inches but he had more stature then some tall men. And his voice...wow...he had a set of "pipes" beautiful singing voice. Skillful actor. He was my real first introduction to "little ppl" on tv and I admired him. I saw little ppl on the Wizard of Oz but they were a group, their individuality didn't get a chance to shine. Then on Bonanza, Hoss and the Leprechauns, they shined a bit more than Oz. There was another short lived show, The Wizard with David Rapaport. These were positive, but these folks died too early.😥

Get in line lots of people trying to claim they are not equal.

I loved Selene Luna's character Soledad on "Mayans".

Thank you. This was a real game-changer for me in how I look at little people.

Great Doc. I’m sure this horrible discrimination also exists in other countries too tho

10:40 "Does it hurt the cause.." This statement is eye opening in how different the pov the interviewer is, compared to the micro wrestlers. Where the former sees eveything about dwarfs as a collective and a "cause", the latter just see themselves as normal indivudals doing what the love.

Shortphobia is promoted on tv. Specially against men

Its funny how many of us ( myself included)are ignorant of the plight of others! I think we forget that we are all here struggling and excelling in our own way. Maybe if we had the opportunity to interact with different ppl in a natural way. The world would be different

are you confusing? Curiosity with prejudiced? People just have questions and once they get answers, I don’t think people care I don’t

I'm 76 years old I live in the Southeast of America. And I have to say I have never seen a little person. In person , And if I did. I would probably stare. Just for the fact. That I have never seen one before.

It's awesome that she got to be the voice actor for bart simpson this year

People are ruthless