[stylist] email to Opra

[Angela fowler]

Sorry about that (smile) couldn't think of anything more original.  

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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Judith Bron
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:41 AM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] email to Opra

You quoted the cliche accurately.
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> Exactly.
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> From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:17 PM
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>> Very good point. What's the saying? Don't judge me until you walk a mile 
>> in
>> my shoes? Something like that.
>>
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>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Aziza
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 8:03 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>
>> To: "'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> 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
>>> 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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