[nagdu] The membership has spoken, and I am disappointed

[Howard J. Levine]

Could you please explain your last comment.

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Subject: Re: [nagdu] The membership has spoken, and I am disappointed

Margo,
Maybe this is a wake-up call to alert us to just how much "Stepin Fetchit"
mentality underlies our struggle for equality.
Donna & Hunter

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Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 4:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] The membership has spoken, and I am disappointed

Buddy, I ditto your remarks.  I am amazed and bewildered that our
organization can take a position that promotes low expectations of blind
people.

We get involved in agencies' policies.  Why is so much of a problem to deal
with guide dog schools' policies.  Why do we put them on a pedestal?  Why do
we treat them as gods?

Margo and isis



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Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 4:31 PM
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Subject: [nagdu] The membership has spoken, and I am disappointed

So the resolution re: guide dog ownership and the NFB's support of
advocating for the schools to change of ownership just failed to pass. I'm
amazed. I'm disappointed. I'm frankly puzzled. How is it that we believe
policies saying it's OK for guide dog schools to retain ownership, and this
apparently does not connote low expectations for blind people, when such a
position in any other context would never stand?

One thing that the folks who spoke in favor failed to mention, though I
guess it wouldn't have helped, was this. Even if schools aren't routinely in
the business of repossessing dogs without due process, the point is that
they shouldn't have the ability to do so. It's great that it's never
happened to most of us. It's fantastic that you feel as though you own your
dog in every way that matters. But some day, the way things are now, this
may not be the case, and we want to protect against that. After all, yes, we
are essentially being given an expensive gift. Let's just for the sake of
argument say that this is the case, though I know that there would be
argument on that point. The point is, if the schools deem a student worthy
of this gift, they should feel confident enough in this decision to give it
without such reservations. If they do not, maybe they need better screening
processes.

I'm just flabbergasted.


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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: 814-860-3194
Mobile: 814-431-0962
Email: buddy at brannan.name





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