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

[Kirt Manwaring]

Josh,
  As sad as it is, it happens all the time.  Gandhi, Martin Luther
King, and so many others who've fought against the status quo get all
sorts of resistance.  In terms of ability, I think Jernigan was right
up there with those guys...or pretty dang close!  We're lucky noone
acted on their death threats against him, like they did with dr. King
and Gandhi.
  Warmly,
Kirt

On 5/28/11, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> sent from my Apex
> Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sat, 28 May 2011 20:43:52 -0700
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Security in ourselves, acceptance in others
>
> 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
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> 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
>
> sent from my Apex
> 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
>
> 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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