[Blindtlk] Blind Devotion video

[Annely Rose]

Hi,

I was not able to access this video.  It wants you to go to You Tube, but not accessible.

Annely
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On Thu, 3/12/15, Arielle Silverman via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Subject: [Blindtlk] Blind Devotion video
 To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>, "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>, nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
 Date: Thursday, March 12, 2015, 12:34 AM
 
 Dear all:
 I recently learned that a nonprofit organization called
 Jubilee
 Project has created a very demeaning "inspirational" video
 about
 blindness. You can see it at
 jubileeproject.org/home/blind-devotion/
 
 In the video, a wife happily cooks and does laundry for her
 husband.
 Upon learning that she is going blind, she is afraid that if
 she tells
 him he will leave her, and she fears not being able to take
 care of
 him anymore. He finds out, and because his love for her is
 so strong,
 he starts doing things for her and follows her to work every
 day
 without her nowing, allegedly to be sure she is OK. He goes
 to some
 lengths to ensure she doesn't find out that he is following
 her.
 
 The 8-min film is rife with the usual blindness stereotypes
 such as
 her dropping shells into her scrambled eggs (which she
 didn't do while
 sighted) and smelling the laundry to sort it. In addition,
 it sends
 the message that a sighted man surreptitiously following a
 blind woman
 without her knowledge or consent is not only OK, but even a
 sign of
 true love.
 A number of my blind friends and I found the video deeply
 disturbing,
 especially those of us who are married. I encourage you to
 write to
 Jubilee Project at
 project.jubilee at gmail.com
 , tweet them, write on their Facebook page, or write
 comments on the
 video itself. Public reaction to this film as been
 overwhelmingly
 positive. I think it would be good to get some blind voices
 into the
 mix to help explain how insulting and creepy this depiction
 is.
 Best, Arielle
 
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