Diversity for Dummies

The Challenge

rules are basically as follows: 

➵ don't take credit for the prompts
➵ don't skip, reorder, or alter any prompts
➵ feel free to switch out prompts with the interchangeable ones below.
➵ each "character" or "scene" does not have to be major! characters can be people your main character passes on the street, or scenes he or she witnesses when going about his or her daily activities.
➵ there is no need to write a single chapter every day -- feel free to, but not obligated to.
➵ participants, please dedicate the first (or any) chapter of your entry to me! i'd like to see what you guys have written. 
➵ have fun :-)
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the prompts:

one: write a scene including a character of a different race.
two: write a scene in which a character refutes gender stereotypes.
three: write a scene including a small child.
four: write a scene in which a character tries to change something about themselves.
five: write a scene in which a character makes a joke about a disability and someone calls them out on it.
six: write a scene including a character that resents something about themselves.
seven: write a scene including a character who is transgender, intersex, or non-binary.
eight: write a scene in which a character learns about a festival or celebration for a religion other than his or her own.
nine: write a scene including a character that identifies as homo-, pan-, omni-, bi-, asexual, or otherwise.
ten: write a scene in which a character explores a market stocked with food from a different country or region.
eleven: write a scene in which a character meets a foreign exchange student from a country they haven't heard of.
twelve: write a scene including a plus-sized character.
thirteen: write a scene in which a character accidentally misgenders another and apologizes for his or her mistake
fourteen: write a scene including a character who refuses to let his or her mental or physical disability impede them.
fifteen: write a scene in which a character is exposed to another religion. 
sixteen: write a scene in which a character applies for a job in an area not widely accepting of their body type/gender/race/ethnicity/sexual orientation/religion/etc.
seventeen: write a scene including a character who is refused something because of their sexual orientation.
eighteen: write a scene in which a common stereotype is refuted.
nineteen: write a scene including a character who loves their body.
twenty: write a scene including a character who is an advocate for human rights (whether LGBT, racial, ethnical, or gender-biased)
twenty-one: write a scene including a character who refutes a chauvinistic remark.
twenty-two: write a scene in which a child has a better understanding of sexuality-acceptance than his or her elders.
twenty-three: write a scene in which a common religious stereotype is refuted.
twenty-four: write a scene including a character that has participated in a campaign for equality (a former suffragette, lgbt advocate, wwii veteran, etc.)
twenty-five: write a scene in which a character gets kicked out for his/her beliefs. 
twenty-six: write a scene including a character with parents of the same gender.
twenty-seven: write a scene in which a character makes a healthy decision. 
twenty-eight: write a scene in which a character partakes in a festival commonly celebrated by another race or ethnicity.
twenty-nine: write a scene including a character of a religious minority.
thirty: write a scene in which a disabled person is treated poorly and a character stands up for him or her.
thirty-one: write a scene in which a character realizes that the world is a beautiful place, and part of what makes it so is the variety of the people who live in it.
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alternate prompts:

extra: write a scene in which a character is belittled for his or her decisions regarding his or her health (e.g. for going to the gym, or deciding to see a therapist, etc.)
extra: write a scene including a character who is wrongly labeled for something he or she cannot control (e.g. for being a "skinny bitch," when it is just his or her body type, or being a "slut" when most shirts just don't accomodate her large breasts).
extra: write a scene including a character who actively participates in equality rallies.
extra: write a scene in which a character participates in movement for equality.
extra: write a scene including a character who gets fed up with being denied basic rights because of his or her sexuality/gender/race/religion/ethnicity/etc.