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

[Mike Freeman]

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
 

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Josh Gregory
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 8:20 PM
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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

 ----- 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

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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


 -----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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