[nfbwatlk] Fw: [Nfbc-info] FW: Fort Worth reporter comments ondiscrimination fromher perspective.

Thu Dec 18 02:42:54 UTC 2008

Ya got a point there, Judge! I suspect, however, that the skit would have gone even were he a shining example of the use of alternative techniques.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Alco Canfield <amcanfield at comcast.net>
To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Wednesday, Dec 17, 2008 12:58:14
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Fw: [Nfbc-info] FW: Fort Worth reporter comments ondiscrimination fromher perspective.

>
>
> Hi, All,
> 
> I did not see the skit, and we certainly do not need that kind of negative press.  However, maybe it will encourage Paterson to get some alternative skills.
> 
> Alco
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindjedi at clearwire.net
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> 
> That's really interesting. I don't know how many of you check on the
> NABS list, but there's been some interesting back and forth on the
> issue of the SNL skit. The general consensus seems to be that the
> NFB's press release was a little over the top in criticising SNL for
> the Paterson skit. In general, it sounds like most on the NABS list
> feel we've got bigger problems and that equality sometimes means
> getting made fun of just like anyone else. In general most people on
> NABS list who have commented seem to think that the skit was more
> directed toward Paterson's personal life than his blindness. As for
> me, I disagree. I think that the skit, in light of "blindness," didn't
> help our situation much. The skit did show the blind Paterson as a bit
> of an idiot. While blindness wasn't the key factor gaining attention
> in the skit, it certainly added to what could be called their picture
> of Paterson's incompetence all around. Most of the blindness jokes
> were visually based; he was groping and disoriented, and he apparently
> squinted a lot. The upside down graph and the joke about disabled
> people being a little off was more or less a small part of the jokes
> made toward the disabled. While I doubt any serious harm was meant by
> the skit (just as with "Blindness"), it certainly isn't going to help
> matters for the blind any time soon. In order for something to be
> perceived as funny, the viewer of the comedy has to believe somewhere
> that there's some truth to the joke.
> 
> On 12/16/08, Lauren Merryfield <lauren1 at catliness.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Liz Campbell grew up in Nebraska.  I knew her when she was six years old.
> > Wow!
> > Thanks
> > Lauren
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> > To: "NFB of Washington Talk" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 8:57 PM
> > Subject: [nfbwatlk] Fw: [Nfbc-info] FW: Fort Worth reporter comments
> > ondiscrimination fromher perspective.
> >
> >
> >ar ----- Original Message -----
> >ar From: "tina thomas was <tinadt at sbcglobal.net>
> >ar To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> >ar Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:59 PM
> >ar Subject: [Nfbc-info] FW: Fort Worth reporter comments on discrimination
> >ar fromher perspective.
> >ar
> >ar
> >ar Subject: Fort Worth reporter comments on discrimination from her
> >ar perspective.
> >ar
> >ar
> >ar
> >ar From Fort Worth:
> >ar
> >ar HYPERLINK
> >ar "http://www.star-telegram.com/189/story/1094846.html"http://www.star--telegr
> >ar am.-com/189/story/combleajidhdf.html
> >ar
> >ar Tuesday, Dec 16, 2008
> >ar Posted on Mon, Dec. 15, 2008
> >ar
> >ar First person: "I am glad the Star-Telegram chose to ignore negative
> >ar stereotypes when I was hired"
> >ar
> >ar Elizabeth Campbell
> >ar HYPERLINK "mailto:liz%40star-telegram.com"liz at star-telegram.-com
> >ar Editor's note: Elizabeth Campbell has been a reporter at the
> >ar "Star-Telegram"
> >ar since 1984. She covers government affairs, focusing on Parker and
> >ar Johnson
> >ar counties,
> >ar as well as surrounding cities. She is president of the National
> >ar Federation
> >ar of the Blind chapter in Fort Worth and has founded a group for blind
> >ar journalists
> >ar throughout the world. She works with a Seeing Eye dog, Gabe.
> >ar
> >ar This weekend's "Saturday Night Live" skit portraying New York Gov. David
> >ar Paterson, who is legally blind, as an incompetent, bumbling idiot is an
> >ar unfair,
> >ar condescending slap in the face to the disabled in the United States.
> >ar
> >ar The skit comes on the heels of the movie, "Blindness," which is based on
> >ar a
> >ar novel that depicts blind people as demented, cruel thugs when a
> >ar mysterious
> >ar disease
> >ar strikes a city.
> >ar
> >ar These depictions bring forth stereotypes that blind people have battled
> >ar for
> >ar years.
> >ar
> >ar Is it fair to poke fun at people who face an unemployment rate of 70
> >ar percent
> >ar or higher, and a high poverty rate at a time when our economy is in dire
> >ar straights?
> >ar
> >ar Is it fair to make fun of a governor who was thrust into a difficult
> >ar job,
> >ar and who now must make the difficult choice of whom he will appoint to
> >ar fill
> >ar Sen.
> >ar Hillary Clinton's seat, just because he is blind?
> >ar
> >ar I consider myself to be very fortunate because I was given a chance to
> >ar demonstrate that I can work alongside my sighted colleagues as a
> >ar newspaper
> >ar reporter.
> >ar
> >ar I am glad the "Star-Telegram" chose to ignore negative stereotypes and
> >ar images when I was hired.
> >ar
> >ar Is it fair that the blind and disabled may not be given a chance to
> >ar prove
> >ar what we can do because people get their information from a late-night TV
> >ar show
> >ar or films that reach a wide audience?
> >ar
> >ar At a time when President-elect Barack Obama is reaching out to include
> >ar the
> >ar disabled in policy-making and planning for his new administration, let's
> >ar not
> >ar get sidetracked by petty, mean-spirited depictions that serve no
> >ar purpose.
> >ar
> >ar Everyone deserves a chance for success.
> >ar
> >ar Star-Telegram.-com
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