[blindlaw] Question About Rental Discrimination

[Brian Langlois]

Well, I don't think there's a particular treatment for ignorance.
After all, that is what kept those folks from being accepted as renters.
The fire truck, of course, is a symbol of the idea that blind people are 
unsafe if they live alone.
I believe this particular incident happened back in the late 1950s.
I have no idea of what, if any, protections there were back in those days.

Brian


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark BurningHawk" <stone_troll at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Question About Rental Discrimination


> I'm still missing something here; why would a blind person burn the
> house down?  I didn't even know it was legal to privately own a fire
> truck, much less keep on residence. :)  I just don't understand the
> magical thinking that goes on between noting that someone's eyes don't
> work and extrapolating every conceivable disaster possible.  When I
> see a deaf person or a person using a wheelchair, I don't
> automatically start watching out for fires or hurricanes or falling
> bricks; the landlord sounds like he might need to be on meds. :)
>
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