Appreciating Our Differences 👐

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🗓️ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In today’s episode: 🕊️ Today is the International Day for Tolerance. Learn about what the day means and why our differences make us special. 👐 Correspondent Ryan Nerz talks to an amazing teen about how she overcame her stutter and dealt with bullies. 🗞️ In the news: Rising prices and new space records. 🚀 And test your knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 📧 Email us your curious facts, funny stories, and eye rolling jokes at: [email protected] 🎇 Follow the show on Instagram 🌍 Check out our website for sources and a transcript of today's episode! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	The only way to have a friend is to be one. So says the famous American essayist Ralph
0:10.0	Waldo Emerson. Can something called tolerance help us be better friends?
0:15.5	We're all in this together. Today we're celebrating respect, acceptance, and the International Day for Tolerance.
0:24.2	I'm Bethanyanier Van Delft. It's Tuesday, November 16th, and this is the 10 News.
0:29.6	10. 9.8, 7, 6. 5, 4, 3.0.1.
0:37.2	25 years ago, the United Nations declared November 16th as a day for all people to practice and celebrate tolerance.
0:47.0	What is tolerance? Tolerance as defined by the UN is respect, acceptance, and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures,
0:57.3	our forms of expression, and ways of being human. That's beautiful. Being tolerant means
1:04.3	recognizing that our world is made up of all kinds of different people and that everyone
1:09.2	deserves the same basic human rights and freedoms.
1:13.4	It means that instead of being afraid of or excluding people who are different from us,
1:18.7	we embrace and appreciate our differences.
1:21.7	That's what I'm talking about.
1:23.8	What's that you said?
1:25.2	How can you practice tolerance?
1:30.3	Have you ever had to deal with a bully? Bullies are not tolerant.
1:32.3	They mistreat everyone who's different from them.
1:34.3	Correspondent Ryan Nourz joins us today with the story of an amazing teen who overcame bullying.
1:40.3	She also happens to be his niece.
1:43.3	Today is the International Day of Tolerance, created by the
1:48.9	United Nations 25 years ago to promote tolerance between human beings throughout the world. I was trying
1:55.4	to think of someone who personifies tolerance, and I immediately thought of a remarkable young woman.
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