[Blindtlk] Confronting Discrimination at McDonald's

Thu May 14 19:01:17 UTC 2015

Good morning,
There seems to be a notion that prevails amungst many Americans, in 
which somehow, all people whom should chance to immegrate are 
somehow," lucky? 07:29 AM 7/13/2014, cheryl echevarria via blindtlk wrote:
>Many will never have to worry about this, but with the issues like 
>what Marion and Merry went through which is becoming more and more 
>of an issue with the ever changing patchwork quilt of America.
> From many more Americans who are not born here like from the South 
> American and Caribbean Countries to those that live in Asia areas, 
> where many people are lucky to come here for a better life. May not 
> understand our laws, and we have to educate them.
>I am married to a Puerto Rican, and live in a very Hispanic and 
>Haitian area of Long Island, NY; and we are lucky that we belong to 
>our Chamber of Commerce and other local community organizations 
>whether for business or other community issues here. That I have 
>been able to speak not only to the community, but will be having a 
>presentation in the fall with the business owners that belong to our 
>Chamber of Commerce about Service Animals and people with 
>disabilities as a whole.
>Many of the people coming from other countries still put there 
>disabled families in homes, or worse. so when we come into stores 
>they do discriminate because they think we don't have money to spend 
>and/or other issues.
>Also the people who start businesses from other countries do not 
>even speak English, if you are going to have a business or be in a 
>managerial position, you should speak English as well, that is the 
>fault of McDonald's with this situation.  They also do not know 
>about the ADA period.
>So if you do not have these issues yet, and you may never have them. 
>As was stated in video they knew how to handle the situation it was 
>more of frustration that they are customers of this establishment 
>and work with McDonald on a regular basis that this could happen, but it did.
>
>
>
>
>Cheryl Echevarria, President
>National Federation of the Blind's Travel and Tourism Division
>A proud division of the NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND - "Live the 
>life you want"www.nfbtravel.org
>631-236-5138
>cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
>
>
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>
>
>Cheryl Echevarria is also the owner of Echevarria Travel 
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>reservations at echevarriatravel.com and  has partnered with Braille 
>Smith. www.braillesmith.com for all her braille needs.  Gail Smith 
>is the Secretary of the NFB of Alabama
>
> > To: julielj at neb.rr.com; blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> > Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 06:34:37 -0600
> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Confronting Discrimination at McDonald's
> > From: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> >
> > I'm like you Julie, and I've been working with guide dogs since 1975. I've
> > rarely had an access issue and never been absolutely refused. I've had to
> > explain the dog is a service dog, and long ago before I knew better, I had
> > to show my GDB ID card one time. I don't know why I haven't had issues
> > whereas others I know seem to have issues somewhat 
> frequently.  Well, except
> > for taxis. I had a lot of issues with cabs when I lived in Washington state
> > by a particular cab company and had one cab leave me in san Rafael of all
> > places. But for the most part in nearly 40 years, it hasn't been a problem.
> >
> > Sherry
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie J.
> > via blindtlk
> > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 6:28 AM
> > To: Lauren Merryfield; Blind Talk Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Confronting Discrimination at McDonald's
> >
> > Lauren,
> >
> > I've had guide dogs for over ten years and I have never had an 
> access issue
> > related to them.  I'm not sure if they have been more adorable than the
> > average guide, (that's a joke!), I come off as scary to people, 
> people like
> > dogs where ever I go, or people are just that up to date on the 
> law where I
> > live.  I've had people ask if he's a service dog, which is 
> entirely allowed
> > by law.  Once I was asked for ID, but a brief conversation got that
> > straightened out.  I've had employees go consult the manager about the dog
> > in the store, but the manager reassured them it was okay and all was well.
> >
> > If it helps I live in the rural Midwest.  Generally when I 
> travel, which is
> > fairly frequently, it is to other smallish Midwest towns.    Some people
> > seem to have a lot more access issues though.  I wish I could 
> tell you what
> > the common denominator is, but I haven't figured it out yet.  But 
> if you are
> >
> > considering a guide and the only thing stopping you is the possible access
> > issues, that may not necessarily be a problem for you.
> >
> > Just something to think about,
> > Julie
> >
> >
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