[nabs-l] Of things that matter

[Darian Smith]

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  Darian

On 2/4/11, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think any of us were criticizing sight or those with sight, but
> I think we were concerned with the vagueness of the email.
>
> I don't think the prof needs to disclose his own blindness, but I do
> think they should have been more specific with the details of the
> survey.
>
> I, personally, was never outright against the survey, nor did I mean to
> imply it was harmful.  I simply wanted to be cautious and encourage
> anyone who decided to take the survey to ask questions before jumping
> into something they knew little about.
>
> Yes, the world still views blindness as a horrible, life-haltering,
> cataclysmic way to live, but there are others who do not buy into
> stereotypes and negative perceptions.  And there are those who have open
> minds and are willing to learn.  We can be the victims of our own
> perceptions if we practice reverse prejudice.
>
> Just as we hope people don't judge us based solely on our blindness, in
> return, we should nnot judge others before we know their intentions.
>
> Surveys like this have an agenda-- for good or bad-- and we should be
> aware of those agendas because, in the bad cases especially, they will
> not care what our answers are, or what we have to say-- they are
> following an agenda and their findings will fit this agenda.
>
> Now that some questions have been answered, this particular survey seems
> more legit , though I am still curious what the reasoning is-- what is
> it about blind people, 18 to 20, and their particular knowledge of sex,
> that is so important?  I have only been blind for 8 years, am I missing
> something?  Can anyone enlighten me?  I am just curious.
>
> Anyway, here's to moving forward and knocking those barriers down one
> step at a time.  I am unbelieveably proud of all of you, who are
> students and moving into fields that people do not always think are
> possible for the blind and visually impaired.  I'm truly blessed to call
> you my Federation family.  It has been an amazing thing for me to have a
> group of people who "gets it."
>
> Bridgit
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:59:11 -0800
> From: humberto <humbertoa5369 at netzero.net>
> To: jsorozco at gmail.com,	National Association of Blind Students mailing
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> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Of Things that Matter
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> Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  The prof is blind? And we're
> wasting our energy and our brains and our fingers just by posting
> comments about sighted people thinking things about blind people?
> Wow! what a surprise!
> If this professor is a blind person, that means, we might be able
> to support his efforts with more trust. Also, if he is blind, we
> won't stop him from announcing his surveys on this matter.
> Perhaps if his researchers are also blind, we will even have
> better support as well. And, a better thing yet, he might have
> clearly and precisely stated in his survey message that he was
> blind so that we don't take action in critiquing sighted people.


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