[stylist] email to Opra

[Judith Bron]

Huh?  What do you mean by "not understand us"?  I understand those born into 
a different race, religion or afflicted with another handicap.  Since my 
immediate family has lived with me and my handicap, they "understand" it. 
Since I've never lived as the member of another race, I don't understand as 
clearly what it means to live as a non-white.  Isn't "understanding" what we 
hope to attain with education?
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From: "Aziza" <acwaterreader09 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:02 PM
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> 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>
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 8:42 PM
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>> 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
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>>
>>> 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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