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

[Josh Gregory]

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

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Jedi <loneblindjedi at samobile.net
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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

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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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