[nabs-l] Do you find this offensive?

[Linda Stover]

Haben,

I, took, do not find this comment offensive, especially considering
the nature of ssome of the other comments and what they imply about
the purpose of the column.  Your way, using humor to downpklay your
disability is perfect.
Courtney

On 3/3/09, Haben Girma <habnkid at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, all. I'm a student at Lewis & Clark College. A member of the
> Disabled Student Services just contacted me to alert me of a comment in
> the student newspaper she thought might be offensive. The comment was in
> a column on the back of the paper titled "You Caught My Eye," which is a
> series of  comments of the form:
>
> You:  Tall glass.
> Me: wanting to fill you with alcohol.
> You: Erotic Dancer.
> Me: Severely unimpressed.
>
> The comment thought to be offensive was:
>
> You: blind kid.
> Me: Caught you not looking at me.
>
> I'm wondering what you all think of it. The Disabled Student Services
> office wants to respond to the comment. How do you think they should
> respond? I personally don't find the comment offensive and might respond
> like this:
>
> You: Sighted kid.
> Me: Writing secrets in dots you'll never understand.
>
> Best,
> Haben
>
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