[Sportsandrec] (no subject)

[Joe Shaw]

After reading this, I have a few observations please: I think it important 
to always conduct ourselves as if people are watching as I believe someone 
almost always is. I usually try and imagine that when going to a new place 
that it is very possible the people I am running into may be interacting 
with a blind person for the first time and the impression I leave them  with 
will be the impression of blind people they are left with. Lastly, it 
bothers me all the stereotypes of us as a "group" I sure would hate to think 
I do it to other "groups"
"I don't feel tardy" Van Halen Hot for Teacher
JSNM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William ODonnell" <william.odonnell1 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 7:40 AM
Subject: [Sportsandrec] (no subject)


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> One of the local fitness centers in that section of Manhattan informed 
> some of us that they do not offer specialized instruction for the Blind. 
> You are responsible for the learning of the material no matter how you 
> take in that information.  In theory, the idea of going to a small Y like 
> the 92ND street Y could work if in general, people in that area of 
> Manhattan were not so stuck up in there bubble of wealth while looking 
> down on those of us who are different.  I make such statement since most 
> people in that socioeconomic setting are so ignorant since everything 
> comes easy for them on a gold platter. I would like to see those same 
> people deal with someone outside their little bubble let alone someone who 
> is different from them by an automatic appearance.  This is especially 
> when one is automatically portrayed from an assumption that they are from 
> or a part of a different socio economic status not on one’s personal level 
> automatically by looks and
> stereotypes.  Each one of you know just as well as I do what those stereo 
> types are for the Blind and how they shape perceptions of and for us as a 
> whole.  The statistics show that those of us who are blind are assumed to 
> be in an impoverished state than those of us who are not.  Automatically, 
> people fear an increase in crime with a decrease in home values when 
> someone looks different and they do not hold the same status   as the rest 
> of the population.
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