[stylist] A New Member

[Donna Hill]

Fred,

He's one of my all-time favorite singers, but alas he is Italian, not 
American.
Donna

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Fred Wurtzel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How about Andre Bocelli?  He is a world-wide superstar and younger than me.
>
> Warm Regards,
>
> Fred
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Donna Hill
> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:33 AM
> To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] A New Member
>
> John,
> Perhaps not, but that has more to do with the fact that musical 
> superstars are traditionally more popular than acting superstars.  
> Furthermore, we haven't had a new blind American superstar since Jose 
> Feliciano and Stevie Wonder, both of whom attained their status decades 
> ago when the emphasis on needing to be a sex symbol in addition to being 
> a musician had just begun to emerge.  I think you have also missed the 
> point that blind women are not part of the American mainstream culture 
> at all, whether they are accepted in the blindness community or not.  
> The existence of female representatives of minority groups has 
> accompanied a change in public acceptance of their minorities.  So far, 
> the public doesn't find blind women that appealing.
> Donna
>
>   




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