[nabs-l] Security in ourselves, acceptance in others
Josh Gregory
joshkart12 at gmail.com
Sun May 29 03:20:27 UTC 2011
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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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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