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

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Sun May 29 17:24:21 UTC 2011 

Yup. And I think Dr. King Jr. *knew* he was going to die. The night before
he was shot, he gave a speech wherein he said "I've been to the mountaintop
and nothing can touch me now ...". by this he meant that he was not afraid
so even if he was assassinated, the thought didn't bother him so he was
invulnerable to pressure to sit down and shut up.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Kirt Manwaring
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 9:00 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Security in ourselves, acceptance in others

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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