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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Brian:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I could not open your attachment using the space bar as instructed or the enter key nor off the website.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is there another way to see it?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yes, we will see you on Sunday<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>P.S. Please send me a copy of our current D B Constitution. Thank You.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Debbie R.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> NFBF-L <nfbf-l-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Norton via NFBF-L<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 30, 2021 7:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> Marilyn Baldwin <commmdb@aol.com>; Camille Tate <ctate2076@att.net>; Kathy Davis <kdavisnfbf@cfl.rr.com>; Nicole D Fincham-Shehan <nicoledfincham@yahoo.com>; Judith Hamilton <hamilton.j.r.2309@gmail.com>; Debbie Ryan <ryandebbie@bellsouth.net>; 'Peggy Fleischer' <peggyfleischer@bellsouth.net>; Lribajr@aol.com; dlaiblcrowe@att.net; Julia Savage <jisavage@yahoo.com>; Janice Hanvey <janice.hanvey@hknc.org>; Fenton, Stevie <Stevie.Fenton@vr.fldoe.org>; Flynt, Stephanie <sflynt@nfb.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Brian Norton <brian.edward.norton@outlook.com>; NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l@nfbnet.org>; amnaulty@aol.com; jnaulty@cfl.rr.com; Office of Haben Girma <contact@habengirma.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFBF-L] Hobin email FW: Oscar-nominated Feeling Character. It also has ableist and racist messages.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Marilyn and other NFBF Deaf Blind board members , <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This was interesting email I received from Hobin last week. You may wish to post on Diversity list.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Talk Sunday,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Brian<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Brian</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <b>Edward Norton<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>NFBF Greater Daytona Beach President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>NFBF Deaf Blind Division President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>386.871.3359<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="mailto:brian.edward.norton@outlook.com">brian.edward.norton@outlook.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Apostle Paul:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><em><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222'>We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.</span></em><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222'>since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222'>2 Corinthians 4:18 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Haben Girma <<a href="mailto:contact@habengirma.com">contact@habengirma.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 23, 2021 10:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:brian.edward.norton@outlook.com">brian.edward.norton@outlook.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Oscar-nominated Feeling Through has a Deafblind Character. It also has ableist and racist messages.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=660 style='width:495.0pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:495.0pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;background:white;padding:.25in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in .5in 0in .5in'><div><p class=last-child1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>Dear Friends,<br><br>I normally don’t follow the Oscars, but this year’s nominations include a short film with a Deafblind character. Depictions of underrepresented groups in movies influence how the mainstream public treats us. Feeling Through features a Black teen taking advantage of a Deafblind man, perpetuating the dangerous “Black criminals" stereotype.<br><br>The portrayal of deafblindness also advances harmful stereotypes. How the Deafblind character travels with a cane, shops, and manages money does not represent Deafblind people. The New York Times mistakenly praised the film for being “a window into the largely unknown world of deaf-blindness,” which saddens me. Celebrating Feeling Through adds to the discrimination facing disabled people at work, school, and the community.<br><br>Most film critics miss the racism and ableism in Feeling Through, so I created my own film review with a disability justice perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.25in .5in 0in .5in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FEjX_-H8AS9Y&data=04%7C01%7C%7Ca517fcfb991241ac625008d90b6be47a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637553380283771986%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=PnEy4j73HeL9MWJTtaPXV%2BVx5xTye3vsiW0KRO1Z%2BuI%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=564 height=423 style='width:5.875in;height:4.4083in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:~WRD0001.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. Video: Oscar-nominated film Feeling Through Exploits Deafblind People"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.25in .5in 0in .5in'><p class=last-child1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>You can use Feeling Through to teach people to catch racist and ableist messages, skills all of us dedicated to human rights should have.<br><br>One last thing. Some film critics claim Feeling Through is the first film to cast a Deafblind actor in a leading role, but that’s incorrect. The 1919 film Deliverance featured Helen Keller cast as herself in that film about her life. 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