[nabs-l] Security in ourselves, acceptance in others
Josh Gregory
joshkart12 at gmail.com
Sun May 29 17:28:43 UTC 2011
He was brave, for what he did then, * very * brave.
Josh
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From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Security in ourselves, acceptance in others
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
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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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Date sent: Sat, 28 May 2011 20:43:52 -0700
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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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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
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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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