Please help to understand it)))) what does she mean? In other words
I think people shouldn’t be dismissive. People want to learn and that’s how I started off, and if people have been dismissive with me I wouldn’t be where I am today

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To put it simply, she seems to have used other people's negative comments to motivate her to be where she is today. Ignoring someone because they are poor and you are rich or they are crippled and you are strong are strong examples of dismissing someone.