[nabs-l] Social Stuff

[Jess]

Christopher,
If you can email me off list. A bunch of us students  a  conference call 
last night about getting an NFB Student group started in  New York. And, I 
know you said you would be interested. My e-mail address in is 
jessica.trask.reagan at gmail.com
Put New York Association of Blind Students in the subject.
There is also an email list that I've started as well.
NewYorkAssociationofBlindStudents-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
If you need  me to invite you to the group just let me know.
Jessica
----- Original Message ----- 
NewYorkAssociationofBlindStudents-subscribe at yahoogroups.comFrom: "Christoper 
Kchao" <thisischris89 at gmail.com>
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff


> Hi,
> It was not my intent to personally call anyone out in my last post. In 
> fact,
> I agree with Meghan that the orientation of the roommates has little to do
> with whether or not people drew inappropriate things on the walls. More to
> the point, I'm tempted to think that Teal's word were more than likely
> misinterpreted or poorly chosen, and he simply brought up the nature of 
> his
> roommates to further shed light on what exactly the inappropriate
> phrases/drawings involved. I apologize if i was at all unclear regarding 
> the
> intent of my message, given the brief nature in which it was written.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Sean Whalen
> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 2:57 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff
>
> It may be beside the immediate point, but is certainly relevant. 
> Attributing
> the inappropriate drawings to the fact that the roommates were gay is
> completely absurd. Sure, the inappropriate content may have been different
> inappropriate content had the roommates been heterosexual, but it would 
> have
> been inappropriate content just the same.
>
> As a minority population that is often discriminated against, 
> misunderstood,
> and mischaracterized, I find it odd that some among us think it 
> respectable
> to do the same to other groups.
>
> Believe me, there are plenty of college apartments with heterosexual 
> content
> that would offend many scrawled on their walls.
>
> It bothered me when I first saw that message, but I decided to let it go.
>
> Now that we're here, Meghan is 100% right. Here here and two thumbs up!
>
> More to the immediate point, I don't think filthy apartments are any
> indicator of social awkwardness or akin to eye poking, rocking, etc. While 
> I
> agree wholeheartedly with Arielle on the issue, I think it is also useful 
> to
> realize that social norms apply to the blind as well as the sighted. I 
> don't
> think it holds water to say that sighted people have their own 
> idiosyncratic
> things about them so it is OK for blind people to rock. Social norms 
> matter.
> How you look and present yourself matters. It is certainly inappropriate 
> to
> label every undesirable behavior of a blind child, e.g. obstinacy or
> egocentricity as a symptom of social dysfunction, but I think it useful 
> and
> appropriate for parents to discourage behaviors, commonly called 
> blindisms,
> which only serve to perpetuate societies views on blindness and to further
> set apart the blind individual as different.
>
> Sean
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> nabs-l mailing list
> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> nabs-l:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/thisischris89%40gmai
> l.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> nabs-l mailing list
> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> nabs-l:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jessica.trask.reagan%40gmail.com