[Journalists] descrimination against voices?

[Brian Buhrow]

	Hello.  Knowing nothing about this topic, I'll jump right in with my 2
cents, for what they're worth.
	I think you'll find that blind people are as discriminatory, on
average, as their sighted counterparts.  That is, some will discriminate,
while others will not.  The particular discriminatory habits of a
blind individual will depend mor on who their peers are and what their
peers think of discrimination, rather than them being particularly
discriminatory or non-discriminatory when compared with their sighted
peers.  
	I might be mistaken, I apologize if I am, but I think the question
you're trying to ask, is: if a blind person does discriminate on racial
lines, or socio-economic lines,  do they use voice cues to perform that
discriminatory step, much as sighted folks use body type, skin color and
dressing habits to do the same?  I think the answer is, yes, but I don't
have any sources to back this up.  I should note, however, that the blind
aren't  the only folks to discriminate based on voice cues.  Many sighted
folks size others up based on the way those others speak.  There's a reason
folks talk  about "radio voices" and it has nothing to do with blindness at
all.
	So, there you have it, my 2 cents! :)
-Brian
On Oct 25,  8:41pm, "Aziza" wrote:
} Subject: [Journalists] descrimination against voices?
} Hi everyone,
} I was wondering if anyone wouldhappen to have any suggestions of book that
} would have any information on the possibility that blind people are
} descriminative against voices. I'm writing a research project, and my
} question is, are blind people descriminative against voices much in the same
} way that sighted people can be descriminative against looks. I need to find
} two books that can shed light on this matter. I need to summarize 3 points
} from each book in my project.
} Thanks guys.
} Aziza
} 
} 
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