[stylist] email to Opra

[Aziza]

Well, no. You wouldn't, and neither would I. Because neither of us are 
dealing with it. Sighted people shouldn't be thought to understand us, just 
accept and work with us.
----- 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 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] email to Opra


> Hmmm, that's a good point. A lady who went to the CCB at the same time I 
> did
> had to use a wheelchair a lot of the time. She got upset with us a few 
> times
> because we failed to understand the unique things she went through. I 
> guess
> I still don't truly understand it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Judith Bron
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:41 PM
> To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] email to Opra
>
> 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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