[stylist] email to Opra

[Judith Bron]

Angela, It's not just blind people but the same narrow mindedness that 
drives other areas of bigotry is used against the handicapped.  Bigotry, 
regardless of who is targetted, is an ignorant reaction to those people 
others can't, or won't, understand.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
To: "'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] email to Opra


> Right on, Judith. Its funny how narrow-mindedness and bigotry get 
> overlooked
> when blind people are the victims.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Judith Bron
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 5:16 PM
> To: Stylist
> Subject: [stylist] email to Opra
>
> Here is what I sent to Opra.  I couldn't access the form on her site so I
> sent it to Ann Tailor at NFB.  Judith
>
>
>
> I find your opinion on the movie, "Blindness", appalling.  Perhaps you saw
> the heroic woman getting her due but I'm surprised that you didn't look at
> the plot of the movie and see that her heroism is on the back of blind
> people.  Blind people, as depicted in the movie, are helpless, disgusting
> and totally dependent on the sighted community to even use a bathroom. 
> This
> depiction underestimates the progress of the blind community over the past
> century.  If you go to an NFB convention I'm positive you will see clean
> floors, educated people having a good time while enjoying intelligent
> conversation and individuals eating with the same manners most mothers 
> teach
> their children . Weather it was intentional or not, your article tells the
> world that the positive depiction of a woman is what stands out in this
> movie that paints one segment of the disabled community in a way that is 
> not
> only disgusting, but totally inaccurate.  These comparisons in movies or
> books when talking about o  ther minorities or social underdogs have 
> usually
> been called as what they are, bigoted, narrow minded portrayals.
>
> Judith Bron
>
>
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