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Susan Boyle talks bullying

dl — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:28:45 +0000

Now the whole world knows who Susan Boyle is, a forty-seven year old woman who spent her life living with her mother and her cats (until her mother recently passed away). She sang karaoke at local pubs though her dream was to be a professional singer.

When she walked on stage during the Britain’s Got Talent show, the audience laughed, the judges were cynical. Why? Because she looked like a forty-seven year old spinster. When she resp

onded to a question saying she had never been married and never been kissed, the audience laughed some more. They didn’t expect much from this outcast.

No one was prepared for what came next. She shocked everyone with her spectacular rendition of ‘I Dreamed a Dream’. The audience was stunned and moved to tears. She’s become an overnight sensation, her video on You Tube being viewed over eleven million times.

Susan Boyle is the reason you should never judge a book by its cover.

We’re being bombarded with beautiful people on television, in movies, magazines and music videos. As a result we’re being programmed to judge people based on their looks, leaving us feeling less than perfect and worse, inadequate.

There’s much talk about racism and prejudice. Prejudice against Blacks, Hispanics, Muslims and gays; but there is another kind of prejudice that occurs everyday, ‘Looksism’. All of us witness it and sadly, many are guilty of it.

Most are unaware they’re doing it. For example, how many times have you seen an obese person eating ice-cream and think to yourself or say to someone else, “No wonder they’re the size they are.” You cast judgment never knowing the medical or emotional issues that have caused them to be the size they are. Given a choice do you think they would choose to live that way or opt to live life as one of the beautiful people?

Have you ever passed a teenager on the street who had piercings or tattoos, and you turned the other way, labeling them a freak? My son is the kindest most caring person you could ever know. He’s had a Mohawk cut; he’s shaved his head and dyed his long hair black. He has a tattoo and wants another. Nothing he does to alter his appearance on the outside will ever change the wonderful guy he is, but it will change how others perceive him and sadly the way he’s treated.

I dated a guy who was shorter than me with a stocky build. I’m the girl who when asked to pick the sexiest man, named Ed Asner. (Remember, Mary Tyler Moore?) My boyfriend was a kind, loving guy with an incredible sense of humour, which attracted me more than anything.

One day we were walking hand in hand when two teenage girls passed by. I heard one say, “What is she doing with him?” It sickened me. She had no clue who he was, all that registered was he wasn’t the stereotypical tall, dark and handsome guy. I could have felt sorry for him, but I felt sorry for her. If she was going to go through life judging people by appearance alone, she was going to miss out on a lot of great people. And what if something happened to change her looks? What then? Would it mean she didn’t deserve to be loved?

Take a look around when you’re shopping or sitting in restaurants. Take notice of how clerks and waiters treat people differently. It’s annoying to say the least. I’ve seen clerks be cold to one customer and then ‘turn it on’ for others, based only on looks.

This behaviour starts when we’re young. Think back to your childhood days in school. Bullies picked on the fat kids, skinny kids, the poor who couldn’t dress as well, kids that wore glasses or had big ears. Bullying was almost always based on outward appearances.

What can we do to stop this unspoken prejudice? A good place to start is in your own home. Teach your child there’s more to them and others than their looks. Focus on their talents and skills and the kind of person they are. Teach them to defend the underdog when bullying takes place.

Lead by example. Don’t judge others. Embrace people for who they are. Who knows how many Susan Boyles slipped through the cracks because they appeared less than beautiful so their talents went unnoticed. Had Boyle looked like Angelina Jolie, she would have been discovered earlier and the world would have been enjoying her music all these years.

So do yourself, and the world a favour, look beyond the ‘looks’ next time you meet someone. Susan Boyle was a diamond in the rough waiting to be discovered, and there are millions just like her.

See with your heart, not just your eyes, and be amazed at the wonderful people who come into your life.

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Campbell has new spin on Susan Boyle phenomenon

dl — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:22:51 +0000

Source: Reuters

Alastair Campbell believes politicians can learn from Susan Boyle’s ‘authenticity’

Published Date: 20 April 2009
By Stephen McGinty
ALASTAIR Campbell has announced that politicians can learn a valuable lesson from Susan Boyle, the middle-aged Scottish spinster whose unruly appearance but sensational singing on Britain’s Got Talent has attracted global media attention.
While Tony Blair’s former spokesman did not go so far as to suggest politicians serenade the electorate with a rendition of I Dreamed A Dream, from Les Miserables, as Ms Boyle has done to the delight of millions of viewers on television and via YouTube, he did advise them to recognise her “authenticity”.

In a post on his blog, Mr Campbell said: “If politicians tend to read the Sunday papers with a mix of horror and trepidation, one person who must read them week after week with a sense of his own skills in shaping the popular culture agenda is Simon Cowell.

“The overnight sensation that is Susan Boyle and her 25 million YouTube hits is the latest chapter in Cowell’s story.

“If there is a lesson from her success for politicians, it is authenticity. It is the only communication that works.”

As of last night her performance had been viewed more than 50 million times on YouTube.

And yesterday Ms Boyle’s singing teacher revealed that she was a serial talent show failure who had previously auditioned without success in the late 1990s for My Kind of People and abandoned the auditions for The X Factor when she realised people were being chosen for their looks. Fred O’Neil said that Ms Boyle’s audition for Britain’s Got Talent was her final throw of the dice.

He said: “I remember a phone call late last year when she said she was too old and that it was a young person’s game.”

Mr O’Neil urged her to reconsider and attend the auditions in Glasgow.

This weekend Elaine Paige sent a message of support to Britain’s latest and possibly most unlikely singing sensation.

Ms Boyle, 47, told the talent show she had dreamt of becoming as successful as Paige, who starred as the original Evita in London in 1978.

The veteran singer said there had been a huge reaction to Ms Boyle’s performance from listeners to her Radio 2 show.

In a message posted on her website, she wrote: “Ever since Susan’s appearance on Britain’s Got Talent my Radio 2 inbox has been flooded with e-mails. It seems her performance has really captured the hearts of everyone who saw it, me included … it looks like I have competition. Perhaps we should record a duet?”

Paige is not the only celebrity backing the unemployed church volunteer from Blackburn in West Lothian. Hollywood actress Demi Moore last week said she was reduced to tears by the performance.

Ms Boyle, complete with her distinctive curly locks, won over a sceptical audience to become a global phenomenon following her appearance on Britain’s Got Talent. Her performance was also watched by millions online.

She has been catapulted into the limelight in America, where her story has been featured on US morning television shows and news programmes.

She was interviewed by satellite from Scotland for the talk show Larry King Live. The show which will be broadcast on CNN International today.

Alex Salmond, the First Minister, has also sent a letter of support to the singer, who hails from the same area of West Lothian as the SNP leader.

The First Minister’s letter offered his “warmest congratulations” for what he describes as a “stunning performance”.