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Facial disfigurement: 'Restaurant asked me to leave over condition' (www.bbc.com)
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A man with a facial disfigurement says he was asked to leave a restaurant in south London because staff said he was "scaring the customers". 

Oliver Bromley has Neurofibromatosis Type 1, a genetic condition that causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on his nerves.

Speaking to the BBC, he said when he had gone to place an order at a restaurant in Camberwell, staff told him there had been complaints about him.

"It's a horrible thing to happen. I took it very personally on the day," he said.

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Maybe it's just where I was raised, but I don't see this at all in my day to day life in the US. Things have come a very long way.

I'm sure there are still things that are shitty that I probably wouldn't notice as I'm not in that position... But in general, most people here don't seem to give a shit these days.

To be clear, I'm not referring to classism. That still exists to a degree, though it's mostly been supplanted by racism.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I see people with prosthetic legs all the time at my work (grocery store) and I think nothing more of it than "that guy could do an absolutely dope robot costume for Halloween"

    I did see someone with double prosthetic legs and that was cool.

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