[BlindTlk] {Spam?} Re: My outburst towards Raymond Foret.

[Alan Wheeler]

Danielle,
You're very welcome.

Alan


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> On Mar 11, 2021, at 8:08 PM, Danielle Ledet via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Allen, Coming from a woman of color, thank you!
> 
>> On 3/11/21, Mark Tardif via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I don't think you have anything to apologize for, Alan.  If he can rant the
>> 
>> way he did publicly, well, you take a risk when you stick your neck out in
>> such a vicious, Trumpian way.  Sorry, but Raymond earned this chastisement.
>> 
>> Get gone, Raymond, if you feel that way.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mark Tardif
>> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alan Wheeler via BlindTlk
>> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2021 8:33 AM
>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Alan Wheeler
>> Subject: [BlindTlk] My outburst towards Raymond Foret.
>> 
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> I would like to apologize for my outburst towards Mr. Foret. I admit to
>> speaking out of anger. While he is free to believe whatever he believes, I
>> see his beliefs as antithetical to the philosophical foundation of the
>> federation. Discrimination, whether towards someone who is blind, or who has
>> 
>> a different skin color is inherently wrong. I wonder how people such as Mr.
>> 
>> Foret feel when they are treated by people regarding their blindness in much
>> 
>> the same way black and brown people are treated for the color of their
>> skin.
>> 
>> How can they, reasonably, consider one form of bigotry and prejudice wrong,
>> 
>> and another similar one perfectly fine? How do you reconcile these,
>> apparently, differing beliefs?
>> 
>> Yes, what Mr. Foret wrote deeply angered me, but it would probably have been
>> 
>> best if I had gone to him privately instead of publicly chastizing him. For
>> 
>> being so public I do apologize, but I do not apologize for my strong beliefs
>> 
>> that all men are created equal, whether black or white, blind or sighted,
>> male or female, straight or gay. Whether Mr. Foret likes it or not, that
>> equality is what this country was founded on. I can only pray that he, and
>> others like him, come to see that the inclusion for the blind they fight for
>> 
>> must, by its nature, include those of color.
>> 
>> Alan Wheeler
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> "If you want to practice anything, practice knowing you can do whatever you
>> 
>> set your complete mind to." Victor Wooten "The Music Lesson"
>> 
>> My blog: http://doingitdeeper.blogspot.com/
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
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