[BlindTlk] Fw: Caring concerns of James and Susan Gashel

Mr. Chikodinaka Oguledo chikodinaka.2daughters at gmail.com
Tue Jul 13 00:53:43 UTC 2021


i Chikodinaka from nfb sligo chapter home of
debbieBrown.president.OfSligoNFB . i no dave and sligo good lock with
james and sosin

On 7/12/21, Gary Wunder via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Jen, I was making my comments specifically to not apologizing for one's
> religion or skin color. My concern is that we narrow the issues so it is
> clear how we feel about what. Nothing in my message speaks to sexual
> violence or the accusation of such. I simply observed that no one has asked
> me to apologize for any part of who I am. Sorry if you thought I was
> addressing anything other than this. I have opinions, but I was trying to
> bring focus to one issue I feel I know something about.
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> Warmly,
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> Gary
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> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jen via BlindTlk
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2021 6:13 PM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Jen <spiderweb1 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [BlindTlk] Fw: Caring concerns of James and Susan Gashel
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> From: Jen <spiderweb1 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: gwunder at earthlink.net <gwunder at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2021, 07:11:21 PM EDT
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Caring concerns of James and Susan Gashel
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> Those characteristics you mentioned are different from sexual assault
> victimization. Religious beliefs are, as an example, not forced on us
> because we can choose to leave a religion if we want to, or we can choose
> not to be religious at all, any time. Sexual assault victimization is
> forced. I'm not sure how to explain what I mean, and I'm sure someone will
> come along who can say it better than I can.
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> On Monday, July 12, 2021, 06:29:15 PM EDT, Gary Wunder via BlindTlk
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> It is very easy for an issue to be exploded in so many directions that it
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> impossible to discuss any part of it constructively. May we narrow this to
> one point for the moment? I want to know when the NFB has ever asked me or
> any of you to apologize for our being White, for our geographic location,
> or
> our religious beliefs? The only thing I've been asked to do is accept that
> not everyone in our circle shares these characteristics with me. At no
> point
> have I ever been asked to leave my other characteristics at the door and
> just be blind. I have been accepted as a package and have felt prized as a
> member. I want to extend that to others as it has been extended to me. How
> to implement do unto others is harder than asserting it as one of my
> values,
> but I'm willing to undertake the challenge, and I think my brothers and
> sisters in the NFB are willing to do the same.
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