[nabs-l] Social Stuff

[Jedi]

Teal,

With all due respect, they didn't write that stuff because they were 
lesbian. They wrote it because they were immature. If they were not 
Lesbian, they might have said so-and-so loves dick instead. Not to be 
crass, but it's important to remember that we often judge the behaviors 
of those in minority groups based on their minority characteristic. 
I've seen you do this twice: once with your friend born blind, and now 
with your Lesbian room mates. I suggest you research what Beatrice 
Right called "The Fundamental Negative Bias." C Edwin Vaughan discusses 
the concept extremely well in his book entitled THE STRUGGLE OF BLIND 
PEOPLE FOR SELF-DETERMINATION; THE REHABILITATION-DEPENDENCY CONFLICT; 
EMPOWERMENT IN THE BLINDNESS COMMUNITY. Another example of this bias is 
when poverty and skin color are directly blamed for street violence 
without looking at all the possibilities and without considering that 
there are many darked skinned (and light skinned) poor people who do 
not engage in violence.

Respectfully,
Jedi


Original message:
> they drew two girls touching each other and then put violet loves vagina and
> violet was my roomate. they also wrote other things like cunt scab and
> alyssa loves puss because alyssa was also homosexual.


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Meghan Whalen" <mewhalen at wisc.edu>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
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> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff


>> I don't think their friends were doing that because they were homosexuals.
>> It is important not to jump to conclusions in all aspects of life.

>> If these people who were writing inappropriate things on the doors were
>> friends of your roommates, I don't think it was because of your roommates'
>> sexual orientation that their friends were writing on the doors.  Once
>> again, I think these were just college students being like a lot of
>> college students...having fun, goofing around, all of that.

>> Just my thoughts,
>> meghan

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