[il-talk] Fun read

[Brian Sumner]

That was very well done and thank you for sharing.

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 3:10 PM, eileen Truschke via IL-Talk <
il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>  That is well put together.   Eileen T.
>     On Thursday, December 21, 2017, 10:08:08 AM CST, Patti Chang via
> IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>  This is done by Dick Davis of Blind Inc.
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> > Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was a differently-abled individual who
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> > faced discrimination and social ostracism because of his red nose.  As
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> > we all know, deer  have beautiful shiny black noses.  Rudolph's was
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> > shiny too, but it was red - so red that it actually glowed!  While
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> > this characteristic might have been regarded as beautiful in some
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> > societies, it was a visible, ugly deformity in reindeer society.
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> > Because of it, Rudolph was mocked, humiliated, and disqualified from
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> > participating in reindeer games.
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> > To make things worse, Rudolph fell prey to this discrimination,
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> > internalized it, and took responsibility for his misfortune instead of
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> > realizing it was a problem of the larger society.  Since he was
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> > isolated at the North Pole Manufacturing Zone, there  was no
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> > organization of disabled reindeer to explain this to him.  So when
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> > Santa sought applications from reindeer to pull his sleigh, Rudolph
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> > hid himself out of shame until all the candidates for the job had been
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> > selected.
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> > On Christmas Eve, a sudden fog, no doubt caused by global warming,
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> > arose, impeding the progress of Santa and his team.  But when Rudolph
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> > came out of hiding, Santa immediately realized the practical value of
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> > his "disability", and hired him as lead worker for the sleigh team.
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> > The other reindeer, realizing that they had foolishly overlooked an
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> > individual with the exact skill set to enable them to achieve their
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> > mission, welcomed him to the team.
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> > Were it not for Rudolph, the team would have failed to achieve their
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> > all-important Christmas objective, resulting in global disappointment
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> > to all the good little girls and boys.  But because of Santa's wisdom
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> > in understanding that difference could be an asset rather than a
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> > limitation, they succeeded.  And they memorialized this organizational
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> > achievement by creating a song which continues to be sung by children
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> > today.
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