[stylist] question

[Judith Bron]

Aziza,  You got it!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aziza C" <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com>
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Blind is a delicate word. I remember dealing with a friend of mine who
was convinced she was only "low vission." I did not argue with her,
but we began to spend a lot of time together, and I began introducing
her to NFB events, the fun stuff you know, chapter parties, student
meetings, one day when I was interviewing her for a story I was doing
in my school paper, she gave the quote, "I am more than blind." I will
admit I broke my interviewer pose and was thrilled. It takes time for
people to adjust that's all. It scares them to be "different," they
don'tunderstand that they really aren't all that "different," what
they don't understand scares them, but if your gentle, and their
willing, and you make it fun, in time they'll figure it out on their
own.

On 3/24/09, John Lee Clark <johnlee at clarktouch.com> wrote:
> 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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