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

Alco Canfield amcanfield at comcast.net
Thu Dec 18 04:38:15 UTC 2008 

Agreed.  We have much to do.

Alco 

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commentsondiscrimination fromher perspective.

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
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:11 AM
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ondiscrimination fromher perspective.
> 
> 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.
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> >ar Subject: Fort Worth reporter comments on discrimination from her 
> >ar perspective.
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> >ar From Fort Worth:
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> >"http://www.star-telegram.com/189/story/1094846.html"http://www.star-
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> >ar Tuesday, Dec 16, 2008
> >ar Posted on Mon, Dec. 15, 2008
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> >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 
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> >ar since 1984. She covers government affairs, focusing on Parker and 
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> >president of the National ar Federation ar of the Blind chapter in 
> >Fort Worth and has founded a group for blind ar journalists ar 
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> >David ar Paterson, who is legally blind, as an incompetent, bumbling 
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> >ar The skit comes on the heels of the movie, "Blindness," which is 
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> >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.
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> >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 
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> >ar I am glad the "Star-Telegram" chose to ignore negative stereotypes 
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> >ar Is it fair that the blind and disabled may not be given a chance 
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> >from a late-night TV ar show ar or films that reach a wide audience?
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> >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, 
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