[Blindtlk] [nabs-l] [nfbWaTlk] class essay

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi Cheryl,

Thanks! Does the mmaurer at nfb.org email exist, or is it only used 
for personal business stuff and not comments, or something?


 Chris

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the other one doesn't work.

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  I think Dr.  Maurer's email is 
president at nfb.org<mailto:president at nfb.org>, or 
mmaurer at nfb.org<mailto:mmaurer at nfb.org>; I'm not sure.


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  What a great essay!!! I could see that being quoted in an NFB
  convention banquet speech some day.  Does anyone have Dr.
  Maurer's email?

   Chris

  "A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities 
motto)
  To learn more about Camp Abilities and find a local camp near
  you, just click on this link to their national Web site:
  www.campabilities.org<http://www.campabilities.org/>.

  The I C.A.N.  Foundation helps visually impaired youth in
  Maryland have the ability to confidently say "I can!" How? 
Click
  on this link to learn more and to contribute:
  www.icanfoundation.info<http://www.icanfoundation.info/>.

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   Our daughter Joanne is a linguistic anthropology student and 
was
  assigned

   to

   do a one page essay on the ways society reenforces
  discrimination.  She

   could have chosen a number of groups and picked one from any
  number of

   ways

   that discrimination and bigotry is permitted to continue.
  Here's what she

   said about language and the blind.



   Don't Turn a Blind Eye on the Discrimination Against the Blind



   By Joanne Gabias



   North American societies are trying more and more to be

   accepting of disabilities.  They do so by adding Braille to
  elevator

   buttons,

   adding closed captioning on television, and making sure there
  are

   wheelchair

   accessible parking spaces.  These actions may alleviate
  discrimination to

   an

   extent, but in everyday society, discrimination is far from
  extinct.  As we

   know, language creates, transmits and perpetuates culture.  In
  our society,

   expressions that refer to someone as being naive, inattentive 
or
  stupid

   all

   use the word blind.  Discrimination against the blind can only
  diminish

   once

   our language removes these connotations (of being naive,
  inattentive or

   stupid) from the word blind.







   "What are you, blind?" This statement is normal in

   everyday

   speech in our society.  No matter the context, this phrase is
  degrading,

   and

   indicates the person is subpar.  Until this expression is out 
of
  our

   linguistic vocabulary, it is impossible for a blind person to 
be
  treated

   with respect and not be cast in these stereotypes of being
  naive,

   inattentive or stupid.







   "In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king" -

   Desiderius Erasmus.  This famous quote, once again or almost
  more so, shows

   the blind as inferior human beings.  This quote implies that 
the
  blind can

   never achieve greatness.  They will always be lower than
  everyone else.  In

   fact, having no sight rather than a small amount of sight is
  more

   advantageous, since having a small amount of sight can be
  unreliable in

   many

   situations.







   The English proverb "the eyes are the window to the soul"

   implies that people whose eyes don't work, don't have souls, 
and
  souls are

   required to be human in our culture.  In other words, the 
blind
  are not

   human.  Our society puts so much importance on sight that it 
is
  difficult

   for a blind person to show the world they are just as able as 
a
  sighted

   person.







   The list of linguistic discrimination towards blind people

   is abundant.  Until the connection between blindness and 
naive,
  inattentive

   and stupid is removed from our language, discrimination 
towards
  the blind

   will continue to be transmitted and perpetuated throughout our
  culture.

   As

   Mark Twain once said "The difference between the right word 
and
  the

   almost-right word is the difference between lightning and a
  lightning

   bug."











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