[stylist] Heroes of the blind community
Judith Bron
jbron at optonline.net
Thu Apr 2 01:48:42 UTC 2009
If someone goes through the education and dedication to receive a doctorate,
they are referred to as Dr. This title does not infer that those of us
without it are inferior. Think of it as a title like Mr., Mrs., or Ms.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lee Clark" <johnlee at clarktouch.com>
To: "'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Heroes of the blind community
> Hey, all:
>
> I notice NFB's tendency to take pains to refer to people with doctorates
> as
> Dr. Am I to read into this a kind of inferiority complex and if you have
> a
> doctorate you make sure it is known and touted?
>
> If so, Ii recommend scrapping this altogether. You may think it builds
> credibility, but the fact you mention Dr. at all suggests it is SPECIAL
> for
> a blind person. But it shouldn't be considered special, but only a matter
> of course--of course you've got a whole colony of blind doctors! Even if
> you don't have that many, it's good to be nonchalant about it.
>
> But I can sympathize. The Deaf community used to make a big deal of the
> title Dr. but that was back in the 1930s. Nowadays, Deaf Ph.Ds are common
> as dirt.
>
> But I make this suggestion only from the perspective of language
> manipulation. Understatements are better than overstatements.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 8:16 AM
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Heroes of the blind community
>
> Start with the leaders: Louis Braille, Dr. Jacobus tenBroek, Dr. Kenneth
> Jernigan, and many other leaders from NFB.
> Lori
> In a message dated 3/31/09 11:59:04 PM, jbron at optonline.net writes:
>
>
>>
>> >> Who are the biggest legendary figures or heroes of the blind
>> >> community?
>> >>
>>
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