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

Sun Jun 12 22:47:42 UTC 2011

What about the "masacre" and "stabbing off officials?"
These are references that I've heard both from ACB and NFB sources.

On Jun 12, 2011, at 6:34 PM, Jedi wrote:

> The death threat issued to Jernigan and others came from sighted individuals associated with rival agencies during that time.
> 
> Respectfully,
> Jedi
> 
> Original message:
>> No Josh, it has nothing to do with blindness in my opinion, but
>> rather NFB philosophy about blindness.  I was surprised as well
>> when I heard that, but come to think of it, it isn't that
>> surprising considering how radical some people think NFB
>> philosophy is.  Now I'd like to know, did Dr.  Jernigan get a
>> death threat from a sighted person or another blind person who
>> had something against the NFB, like he was diehard ACB, and what
>> was his motive?
> 
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
>> list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Sat, 28 May 2011 23:20:27 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Security in ourselves, acceptance in others
> 
>> 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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>> Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Jedi <loneblindjedi at samobile.net
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Sat, 28 May 2011 22:17:13 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Security in ourselves, acceptance in others
> 
>> Federationists have received death threats in the past; i can
>> recall from my studies that Rammi Rabby and Dr.  Jernigan did.
> 
>> Respectfully,
>> Jedi
> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Darian Smith
>> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 10:23 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Security in ourselves, acceptance in
>> 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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