[nabs-l] Security in ourselves, acceptance in others
Josh Gregory
joshkart12 at gmail.com
Sun May 29 16:07:03 UTC 2011
Yeah we're learning about that in history (it's almost the end of
the school year, yay!) and it's sad what they did to people. The
Little Rock Nine, does anybody remember that one? Well, there's a
lot of history to show that... African Americans were segregated
and as so, treated very badly. Rosa Parks was the first to
challenge that. I think... but that's offtopic. I guess my
point is: While I knew about the history of African Americans, I
didn't know that us blind people went through the same things.
Josh
PS: Sorry if that was just a bit offtopic.
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From: Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
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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
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From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com
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Date sent: Sat, 28 May 2011 20:43:52 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Security in ourselves, acceptance in
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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
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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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----- Original Message -----
From: Jedi <loneblindjedi at samobile.net
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Date sent: Sat, 28 May 2011 22:17:13 -0500
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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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[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Darian Smith
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 10:23 PM
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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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