[nabs-l] [nfbWaTlk] class essay

Chris Nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Mon Jun 20 16:33:05 UTC 2011 

Hi=20Serena,

It=20is=20awesome=20and=20the=20guy=20who=20sings=20it=20is=20awesome,=20to=
o!=20His=20name=20
is=20Terry=20Kelly,=20and=20he's=20a=20blind=20guy=20from=20Canada=20who=20=
is=20active=20in=20
the=20World=20Blind=20Union,=20of=20which=20we=20are=20a=20member.=20=20I'v=
e=20seen=20him=20
perform=20at=20a=20camp=20I=20went=20to=20in=20upstate=20New=20York,=20and=
=20he's=20really=20
awesome!=20I=20actually=20had=20the
opportunity=20to=20Braille=20the=20words=20to=20a=20song=20he=20needed=20fo=
r=20the=20
night's=20performance=20while=20at=20camp,=20because=20I=20was=20the=20only=
=20person=20
in=20the=20camp=20who=20was=20preficient=20enough=20in=20Braille=20to=20get=
=20it=20done=20
quickly=20and=20independently.=20=20You=20can=20probably=20find=20a=20lot=20=
of=20his=20
music=20on=20YouTube,=20but=20I=20don't=20have=20the=20link=20to=20his=20pa=
ge=20or=20
anything.=20=20There=20is=20an=20accessible=20version=20of=20YouTube=20now=
=20called=20
YourTube.=20=20Here's=20the=20link:=20www.povidi.com/yourtube.

=20Chris

"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp=20Abilit=
ies=20motto)
To=20learn=20more=20about=20Camp=20Abilities=20and=20find=20a=20local=20cam=
p=20near=20
you,=20just=20click=20on=20this=20link=20to=20their=20national=20Web=20site=
:=20
www.campabilities.org.

The=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20helps=20visually=20impaired=20youth=20in=
=20
Maryland=20have=20the=20ability=20to=20confidently=20say=20"I=20can!"=20How=
?=20Click=20
on=20this=20link=20to=20learn=20more=20and=20to=20contribute:=20
www.icanfoundation.info.

=20Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Serena=20Cucco"=20<serena.c.cucco at gmail.com
To:=20"'National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list'"=20=

<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sun,=2019=20Jun=202011=2023:13:36=20-0400
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20[nfbWaTlk]=20class=20essay

Hi=20Chris,

I=20have=20heard=20that=20song=20and=20think=20it's=20really=20awesome!=20=
=20I=20had=20no=20
idea=20who=20sings=20it=20...=20=20I=20have=20only=20heard=20it=20while=20o=
n=20hold=20with=20my=20
doctor's=20office.

Serena

-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org=20
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]=20On=20Behalf=20Of=20Chris=20Nusbaum
Sent:=20Sunday,=20June=2019,=202011=202:01=20PM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20[nfbWaTlk]=20class=20essay

Perfect=20interpretation,=20Josh,=20thanks!=20What=20it's=20always=20meant=
=20to
me=20is=20that=20even=20if=20you=20don't=20have=20the=20physical=20sense=20=
of=20eyesight,
you=20still=20have=20vision=20(aka=20dreams)=20for=20your=20life.=20=20In=20=
other
words,=20blindness=20will=20never=20stop=20you=20from=20achieving=20your=20=
dreams
in=20(or=20vision=20for)=20your=20own=20life.=20=20Has=20anybody=20heard=20=
the=20Terry
Kelly=20song=20"The=20Power=20of=20the=20Dream?"=20It=20states=20this=20mot=
to=20very
clearly.

=20Chris

"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp=20Abilit=
ies=20motto)
To=20learn=20more=20about=20Camp=20Abilities=20and=20find=20a=20local=20cam=
p=20near
you,=20just=20click=20on=20this=20link=20to=20their=20national=20Web=20site=
:
www.campabilities.org.

The=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20helps=20visually=20impaired=20youth=20in=

Maryland=20have=20the=20ability=20to=20confidently=20say=20"I=20can!"=20How=
?=20Click
on=20this=20link=20to=20learn=20more=20and=20to=20contribute:
www.icanfoundation.info.

=20Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Josh=20Gregory=20<joshkart12 at gmail.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sun,=2019=20Jun=202011=2003:26:05=20-0400
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20[nfbWaTlk]=20class=20essay

We=20do,=20and,=20good=20point.
=20=20I=20like=20Chris's=20motto=20as=20well.=20=20We=20do=20have=20vision,=
=20we=20just
cannot=20phisically=20see.=20=20But=20we=20have=20a=20*=20vision=20*=20of=20=
what=20we=20want
to=20do=20in=20life,=20how=20we=20want=20the=20world=20to=20see=20us,=20stu=
ff=20like=20that.
Maybe=20that's=20a=20totally=20wrong=20interpretation=20of=20your=20motto=20=
Chris,
sorry=20if=20it=20is!=20But,=20these=20are=20just=20my=20early-morning=20th=
oughts=20:)
Best,
Josh

sent=20from=20my=20Apex
Email:=20joshkart12 at gmail.com

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Kirt=20Manwaring=20<kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sun,=2019=20Jun=202011=2001:18:37=20-0600
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20[nfbWaTlk]=20class=20essay

Holy=20crap=20this=20is=20awesome!
(how's=20that=20for=20a=20formal=20letter=20opening?)
=20=20I=20actually=20disagree=20with=20this.=20=20A=20lot.=20=20Maybe=20the=
se=20expressions
came
about,=20at=20least=20in=20part,=20because=20of=20the=20stereotypes=20of=20=
us=20being
stupid/inattentive/inferior.=20=20But,=20the=20fact=20is,=20most=20of=20the=
=20time
when
people=20use=20them=20they=20aren't=20talking=20about=20physical=20blindnes=
s=20at
all!
Are=20we=20being=20racist=20when=20we=20talk=20about=20black=20friday=20eve=
ry=20year,
or=20the
"black=20death",=20or=20some=20issues=20being=20black=20and=20white,=20or
blacklisting
someone?=20=20I=20know=20I'm=20not.=20=20When=20we=20say=20someone=20has=20=
an=20unorthadox
way
of=20doing=20something,=20are=20we=20saying=20they=20aren't=20part=20of=20t=
he=20Eastern
Orthadox=20branch=20of=20Christianity?=20=20If=20I=20tell=20you=20all=20I=20=
just=20got=20a
fat
paycheck=20from=20my=20job,=20am=20I=20making=20fun=20of=20people=20who=20a=
re
overweight?
The=20same=20principle=20applies=20here,=20I=20think.
=20=20If=20someone=20has=20"blind=20faith",=20it=20just=20means=20they=20ca=
n't=20see
what's
really=20going=20on=20because=20they're=20mentally=20blinded=20by=20the
person/idea
they=20are=20following.=20=20When=20we=20say=20"in=20the=20country=20of=20t=
he=20blind,
the
one-eyed=20man=20is=20king!"=20(not=20that=20I've=20heard=20that=20in=20cas=
ual
conversation),=20we're=20saying=20that=20when=20everyone=20is=20too
stubborn/set=20in
their=20ways=20to=20look=20at=20reality,=20even=20someone=20with=20a=20litt=
le=20bit=20of
insight=20is=20superior.=20=20it's=20a=20metaphor.=20=20The=20way=20it's=20=
used=20in
every=20day
parlains=20isn't=20making=20fun=20of=20physically=20blind=20people=20at=20a=
ll,=20it's
making=20fun=20of=20people=20with=20blind=20minds!=20=20What's=20that=20mot=
to=20at=20the
end
of=20each=20of=20Chris's=20messages?=20=20=20"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20neve=
r=20a=20loss=20of
vision."=20=20Same=20concept-these=20sayings=20and=20idioms=20make=20fun=20=
of
people
with=20no=20vision...heck,=20I=20use=20them=20sometimes=20because=20the=20i=
magery
fits.
And,=20when=20I=20say=20"dude!=20=20What=20are=20you?=20=20blind=20or=20som=
ething?",
after=20a
friend=20runs=20over=20a=20curb=20or=20misses=20an=20exit=20from=20the=20fr=
eeway,=20I'm
not
implying=20blind=20people=20aren't=20attentive.=20=20I'm=20just=20implying=
=20we
can't
see.=20=20Don't=20we=20have=20real=20problems=20to=20worry=20about?=20=20Li=
ke=20actual
descrimination=20maybe?
=20=20Best,
Kirt

On=206/18/11,=20Carly=20Mihalakis=20<carlymih at earthlink.net>=20wrote:


=20At=2003:24=20PM=206/18

=20Hi,=20Humberto,

=20Do=20you=20envision=20a=20culture=20that=20only=20speaks=20in
=20generalities=20and=20does=20not=20celebrate=20people=20by=20use
=20of=20descriptive=20language?=20Ought=20there=20be=20some
=20ministry=20of=20language,=20some=20policing=20body=20that
=20goes=20around,=20making=20sure=20individuals=20don't=20take
=20offense=20to=20a=20mere=20figure=20of=20speech?=20'Seems=20it=20may
=20be=20impossible=20to=20speak=20in=20an=20interesting=20and
=20engaging=20manner=20if=20descriptive,=20specific=20language
=20is=20not=20employed,=20to=20help=20do=20so.
=20Carly=20of=20Berkeley/2011,=20you=20wrote:
=20Our=20daughter=20Joanne=20is=20a=20linguistic
=20anthropology=20student=20and=20was=20assigned=20>=20to=20>=20do
=20a=20one=20page=20essay=20on=20the=20ways=20society=20reenforces
=20discrimination.=20=20She=20>=20could=20have=20chosen=20a
=20number=20of=20groups=20and=20picked=20one=20from=20any=20number
=20of=20>=20ways=20>=20that=20discrimination=20and=20bigotry=20is
=20permitted=20to=20continue.=20=20Here's=20what=20she=20>=20said
=20about=20language=20and=20the=20blind.=20=20>=20>=20Don't=20Turn=20a
=20Blind=20Eye=20on=20the=20Discrimination=20Against=20the
=20Blind=20>=20>=20By=20Joanne=20Gabias=20>=20>=20North=20American
=20societies=20are=20trying=20more=20and=20more=20to=20be
=20accepting=20of=20disabilities.=20=20They=20do=20so=20by=20adding
=20Braille=20to=20elevator=20>=20buttons,=20>=20adding=20closed
=20captioning=20on=20television,=20and=20making=20sure=20there
=20are=20>=20wheelchair=20>=20accessible=20parking=20spaces.
=20These=20actions=20may=20alleviate=20discrimination=20to
=20an=20>=20extent,=20but=20in=20everyday=20society,
=20discrimination=20is=20far=20from=20extinct.=20=20As=20we
=20know,=20language=20creates,=20transmits=20and
=20perpetuates=20culture.=20=20In=20our=20society,
=20expressions=20that=20refer=20to=20someone=20as=20being
=20naive,=20inattentive=20or=20stupid=20>=20all=20>=20use=20the
=20word=20blind.=20=20Discrimination=20against=20the=20blind
=20can=20only=20diminish=20>=20once=20>=20our=20language=20removes
=20these=20connotations=20(of=20being=20naive,=20inattentive
=20or=20>=20stupid)=20from=20the=20word=20blind.=20=20>=20>=20>=20>=20"What=

=20are=20you,=20blind?"=20This=20statement=20is=20normal=20in
=20everyday=20>=20speech=20in=20our=20society.=20=20No=20matter=20the
=20context,=20this=20phrase=20is=20degrading,=20>=20and
=20indicates=20the=20person=20is=20subpar.=20=20Until=20this
=20expression=20is=20out=20of=20our=20>=20linguistic
=20vocabulary,=20it=20is=20impossible=20for=20a=20blind=20person
=20to=20be=20treated=20>=20with=20respect=20and=20not=20be=20cast=20in
=20these=20stereotypes=20of=20being=20naive,=20>=20inattentive
=20or=20stupid.=20=20>=20>=20>=20>=20"In=20the=20kingdom=20of=20the
=20blind,=20the=20one-eyed=20man=20is=20king"=20-=20>=20Desiderius
=20Erasmus.=20=20This=20famous=20quote,=20once=20again=20or
=20almost=20more=20so,=20shows=20>=20the=20blind=20as=20inferior
=20human=20beings.=20=20This=20quote=20implies=20that=20the=20blind
=20can=20>=20never=20achieve=20greatness.=20=20They=20will=20always
=20be=20lower=20than=20everyone=20else.=20=20In=20>=20fact,=20having
=20no=20sight=20rather=20than=20a=20small=20amount=20of=20sight=20is
=20more=20>=20advantageous,=20since=20having=20a=20small
=20amount=20of=20sight=20can=20be=20unreliable=20in=20>=20many
=20situations.=20=20>=20>=20>=20>=20The=20English=20proverb=20"the
=20eyes=20are=20the=20window=20to=20the=20soul"=20>=20implies=20that
=20people=20whose=20eyes=20don't=20work,=20don't=20have=20souls,
=20and=20souls=20are=20>=20required=20to=20be=20human=20in=20our
=20culture.=20=20In=20other=20words,=20the=20blind=20are=20not
=20human.=20=20Our=20society=20puts=20so=20much=20importance=20on
=20sight=20that=20it=20is=20difficult=20>=20for=20a=20blind=20person
=20to=20show=20the=20world=20they=20are=20just=20as=20able=20as=20a
=20sighted=20>=20person.=20=20>=20>=20>=20>=20The=20list=20of
=20linguistic=20discrimination=20towards=20blind
=20people=20>=20is=20abundant.=20=20Until=20the=20connection
=20between=20blindness=20and=20naive,=20inattentive=20>=20and
=20stupid=20is=20removed=20from=20our=20language,
=20discrimination=20towards=20the=20blind=20>=20will
=20continue=20to=20be=20transmitted=20and=20perpetuated
=20throughout=20our=20culture.=20=20>=20As=20>=20Mark=20Twain=20once
=20said=20"The=20difference=20between=20the=20right=20word=20and
=20the=20>=20almost-right=20word=20is=20the=20difference
=20between=20lightning=20and=20a=20lightning
=20bug."
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