[nabs-l] Social Stuff

[Teal Bloodworth]

all i said was that those people I.E. my friend blind from birth made 
questions arise that were there before i met him. But you know what i am 
going to be the bigger person here and know when to shut my mouth and you 
should do the same.

-Teal

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jedi" <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff


> 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"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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