[il-talk] Fun read

[Deborah Kent Stein]

Love it!

Debbie



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Subject: [il-talk] Fun read

This is done by Dick Davis of Blind Inc. 

> Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was a differently-abled individual who 

> faced discrimination and social ostracism because of his red nose.  As 

> we all know, deer  have beautiful shiny black noses.  Rudolph's was 

> shiny too, but it was red - so red that it actually glowed!  While 

> this characteristic might have been regarded as beautiful in some 

> societies, it was a visible, ugly deformity in reindeer society.

> Because of it, Rudolph was mocked, humiliated, and disqualified from 

> participating in reindeer games.

> 

> 

> 

> To make things worse, Rudolph fell prey to this discrimination, 

> internalized it, and took responsibility for his misfortune instead of 

> realizing it was a problem of the larger society.  Since he was 

> isolated at the North Pole Manufacturing Zone, there  was no 

> organization of disabled reindeer to explain this to him.  So when 

> Santa sought applications from reindeer to pull his sleigh, Rudolph 

> hid himself out of shame until all the candidates for the job had been 

> selected.

> 

> 

> 

> On Christmas Eve, a sudden fog, no doubt caused by global warming, 

> arose, impeding the progress of Santa and his team.  But when Rudolph 

> came out of hiding, Santa immediately realized the practical value of 

> his "disability", and hired him as lead worker for the sleigh team.

> The other reindeer, realizing that they had foolishly overlooked an 

> individual with the exact skill set to enable them to achieve their 

> mission, welcomed him to the team.

> 

> 

> 

> Were it not for Rudolph, the team would have failed to achieve their 

> all-important Christmas objective, resulting in global disappointment 

> to all the good little girls and boys.  But because of Santa's wisdom 

> in understanding that difference could be an asset rather than a 

> limitation, they succeeded.  And they memorialized this organizational 

> achievement by creating a song which continues to be sung by children 

> today.

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