[nabs-l] Do you find this offensive?

[Serena]

I think a big deal is being made out of nothing.

Serena


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Haben Girma" <habnkid at aol.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 1:03 AM
Subject: [nabs-l] Do you find this offensive?


>
> 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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