[Blindtlk] Blind Devotion video

[Annely Rose]

No problem.  
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On Sat, 3/14/15, Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: RE: [Blindtlk] Blind Devotion video
 To: "'Annely Rose'" <annely53r at yahoo.com>, "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
 Date: Saturday, March 14, 2015, 8:15 AM
 
 It actually is, but I am
 not smart enough to explain to you how to do it. 
 Cindy
 
 
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 Arielle Silverman
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 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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