[Blindtlk] Blind Devotion video

[Cindy Ray]

It actually is, but I am not smart enough to explain to you how to do it. 
Cindy


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From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Annely Rose
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Blind Devotion video

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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