[nabs-l] First Class Citizenship

[Munawar Bijani]

This Email is very well written; you articulated an important point 
eloquently. We cannot expect change if we refuse to change ourselves. 
Many of us tend to find excuses or start blaming the system for what is 
wrong with our respective situations, when in reality the problem could 
be ourselves for not trying hard enough or whining about how unfair the 
world is.

We have to jump through hoops because society's expectations of us is 
very low. There is no changing this fact. As blind people we have to be 
ready to jump through whatever hoops we need to so that we may prove a 
point. If we sit back and whine about how things ought to be, we will 
never get anywhere. Just because we have to work a little harder than 
our sighted counterparts does not mean we are second-class citizens; it 
only means we have an avenue for achieving equality by working harder, 
so we must take it.

On 4/12/2016 12:00 PM, Christina Moore via nabs-l wrote:
> No group in society has every achieved the equality they have without 
> putting in a lot of effort themselves.
> As a population we need to show the world that we can be successful.  
> The more of us that go against perceptions of our abilities the closer 
> we get to this status.
> Personally, I believe we do have equal access as others in this 
> country.  Yes, we have barriers but we can choose to face them or let 
> them define us.
> We have to meet each other halfway.  We cannot expect the rest of 
> society to do all of the work.  At first we may have to do more than 
> them but this has been the case throughout history.
> God Bless,
> Christina
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Darian Smith via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 08:51:46 -0700
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] First Class Citizenship
>
> How do we secure this  level of citizenship for ourselves?
> On Apr 12, 2016, at 5:37 AM, justin williams via nabs-l 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> The same as our counterparts who are nondisabled.  I shouldn't half to 
> jump
> through more hoops to prove anything.
> Justin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Darian Smith
> via nabs-l
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 6:21 PM
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> Cc: Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] First Class Citizenship
>
> Do you believe  that there is more then a right that we should demand? Do
> you think there is a responsibility we have as well?
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