[stylist] question

[John Lee Clark]

Angela:

Can you share with me the issues surrounding the blind word for potential
new members?  I find this baffling.  Don't they know that blind is hip?
Don't they crave to be more blind, to meet the blind ideal?

If you visited Gallaudet University, the Deaf college, you'll see many, many
mainstreamed deaf students coming in and they quickly understand what the
Deaf ideal is and they scramble to learn to sign better, to act more Deaf,
so they can have better social positions and get in the hottest
fraternities.  They learn very fast what's what.  

So our organizations don't have any problems with the word Deaf.  It's a
desirable label for many.

But it's probably easier to indoctirinate the mainstreamed deaf students
because their lives at school were horrible.  Lonely, interpreters their
only friends, parents can't communicate, all of that.  So they'[re only too
glad to move on.

But blind students, they get more deeply snared, I suppose,  So it may be a
far more delicate matter to get the stupid hooks out of their minds, huh?

John

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Angela fowler
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 8:24 PM
To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] question

I prefer the word blind, but in California I'm kind of in the
recruitment/chapter building business. Its not wise to beet new comers over
the head with the B word. For me, that's a hard lesson I'm still learning.  

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:26 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [stylist] question

Good question.   But there may be as many answers as there are NFB members.
Lori
In a message dated 3/24/09 3:21:28 PM, johnlee at clarktouch.com writes:


> 
> Does NFB merely "prefer" the word blind?  It shouldn't.  it should 
> embrace it absolutely.
> 
> 




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