[nabs-l] Security in ourselves, acceptance in others

Thu Jun 2 19:57:36 UTC 2011

Well, the same goes for Reagan, Kennedy, and all the other 
political figures who have been asascinated or have been the 
victim of asascination attempts.  President of the United States, 
symbol of the country, President of the NFB, symbol of the 
organized blind movement.  Both are associated with a philosophy 
and an ide, and both of those philosophies and ideas have very 
passionate opponents throughout the world.  Sad, but true.

 Chris

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Still, wow, that's...  well...  I think, outrageous.  A man of
such high respect can be hated just as much...  enough to the
point of receiving death threats.  Interesting and scary.
Josh

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Oh yes -- as president of the NFB, he was a symbol of the
Movement and, as
such, was perceived as standing for a philosophy that threatened
the status
quo (including the self-proclaimed exalted status of various
agencies for
the blind).  The hostility was often palpable and, make no
mistake, it took
its toll on the man.  Whether he'd ever have admitted it or not,
it bothered
him a lot to receive such hostility that was almost pathological
in its
extremity.

Mike

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Hi, such a respectable person as Dr.  Journigan receiving death
threats? To
me that is unheard of that such...  um...  deplorable things
could happen to
us blind people.
Josh

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Federationists have received death threats in the past; i can
recall from my
studies that Rammi Rabby and Dr.  Jernigan did.

Respectfully,
Jedi

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On May 28, 2011, at 12:47 AM, "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com
wrote:

 Darian:

 WE of NFB often compare ourselves to African-americans because
we consider
ourselves, like them, to be a minority group within the larger
society.
 Certainly, no one would argue that blind people were attacked
with
fire-hoses or lynched while trying to exercise their rights.  I
do know of
plenty of instances when blind persons were arrested for refusing
to move
from exit-row seating to which they were legitimately assigned on
airplanes
and I know of one incident wherein a blind person was severely
beaten for
being a NFB member.

 I believe there's a bit about this comparison in Dr.  Jernigan's
1976 banquet
 speech, "Of visions and Vultures".

 I appreciate your question to clarify the comparison.

 Mike

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others

 Mike:
 African-Americans/blacks (however one choosses to term
themselves)would
not have been too keen on the idea based upon how  they were
treated by
whites  up to that time.
  It is curious that how    african-americans were treated is
always
 one of the first ways we as blind  people choose to make our
comparisons
in our struggle  for first-class citizanship.  I wonder,  were
blind people
beatin and hosed down when they peacefully protest  the unjust
ways they
were treated? Were  they lybnched?  Can we safely  make those
comparisons?
unless  I am missing something (I could be,  and it wouldn't be
the first or
last time I have), we  have some  similarities with regards to
civil rights,
but largely our histories  were quite different and  the scars,
deaths,risks
were felt on largely  different levels.

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