[Sportsandrec] A conversation starter: Blind Ref Trailer

[Jody W Ianuzzi]

Oh I agree that we should embrace those things that make us different on an individual way too or we would be all plain vanilla. That's why I enjoy wearing a cowboy hat and western duds. It helps to live in farm country. Then there is the fact I walk every place with a white shepherd guide dog.  

JODY
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!" Thomas Jefferson

On Jun 13, 2013, at 7:17 PM, Lisamaria Martinez <lmartinez217 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jody,
> 
> I thought the same thing.
> 
> Did anyone else read the comments on YouTube? Moast people thought it
> was funny. And it kind of was while simultaneously being crude. Sure,
> there are plenty of movies, skits, whatever, that play on the
> stereotypes of certain racial groups and minority groups. Borat comes
> to mind. However, I don't find those funny and I'm sure some folks are
> just as offended.
> 
> Lisamaria
> 
> On 6/13/13, Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Hi, Jodie,
>> 
>> I by no stretch of anyone's imagination believe in those racial
>> constructs they created,  and  are alive and well today however, I
>> think people would do well embracing what
>> racial/cultural/lingual  identity that sets them apart from the
>> racial/cultural identity that constitutes the usual heavy tongued and
>> pallid American homogeny.
>> Any thoughts of this statement would be appreciated!
>> Car23 PM 6/13/2013, justin williams wrote:
>>> I agree.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Sportsandrec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Jody W Ianuzzi
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 3:22 PM
>>> To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
>>> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] A conversation starter: Blind Ref Trailer
>>> 
>>> I thought this was a joke.
>>> 
>>> The first thing that comes to mind is that I wonder how Will Smith would
>>> respond to a movie of a white man playing a black man with racial
>>> stereotypes.
>>> 
>>> JODY
>