[Nfbf-l] National Federation of the Blind Comments on SaturdayNight Live Segment

[rjs059 at peoplepc.com]

My Mother and I saw the Skit. Then She told me about when Governior 
Patterson was being interviewed, his sell phone rang, and he got up, and 
answered it. She felt it was rude of him to have done that. RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sabrina deaton" <sabdeaton at yahoo.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:07 PM
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SaturdayNight Live Segment


Carolyn,
That's great that you got to offer a local perspective.


--- On Wed, 12/17/08, Lappland <lappland at bellsouth.net> wrote:

From: Lappland <lappland at bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] National Federation of the Blind Comments on Saturday 
Night Live Segment
To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 5:16 AM

NBC Channel 5 visited the Florida Outreach Center for the Blind on Monday to 
get
our opinion of the skit. I explained how its portrayal of blind people as 
being
incompetent and disoriented contributed to the public's misconception about
blindness and to the already high rate of unemployment among the blind.

Carolyn Lapp
Executive Director
florida Outreach Center for the Blind
office: 561.640.6029

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Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 1:45 PM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] National Federation of the Blind Comments on Saturday 
Night
Live Segment


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



CONTACT:

Chris Danielsen

Public Relations Specialist

National Federation of the Blind

(410) 659-9314, extension 2330

(410) 262-1281 (Cell)

<mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org



National Federation of the Blind
Comments on Saturday Night Live Segment





Largest Organization of the Blind Criticizes Attack on Blind Americans



Baltimore, Maryland (December 15, 2008): Chris
Danielsen, spokesman for the National Federation
of the Blind, said: "The biggest problem faced by
blind people is not blindness itself, but the
stereotypes held by the general public about
blindness and blind people.  The idea that blind
people are incapable of the simplest tasks and
are perpetually disoriented and befuddled is
absolutely wrong.  This misconception contributes
to an unemployment rate among blind people that
stubbornly remains at 70 percent.  That is why
the National Federation of the Blind is
disappointed that Saturday Night Live chose to
portray Governor Paterson in a comedy routine
that focused almost exclusively on his
blindness.  Attacking the Governor because he is
blind is an attack on all blind Americans­blind
children, blind adults, blind seniors, and newly
blinded veterans returning from Iraq and
Afghanistan.  The National Federation of the
Blind urges the producers of Saturday Night Live
to consider the serious negative impact that
misinformation and stereotypes have on blind
people before continuing in this unfortunate vein of humor."




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