[nabs-l] eHow internet article series on blindness

[Carrie Gilmer]

Who is dictating Joe? Very strange terminology to me. When people are stereotyped, generalized falsely, negatively, portrayed with bias, etc...this is a country of free speech...protest, dismay, correction is not only acceptable and the right of any respondent or charging party, some have through history argued it is a moral responsibility to discard silence in the face of prejudice and discrimination. 
 Carrie
Sent from my iPad

On Mar 22, 2013, at 12:55 PM, "Joe" <jsoro620 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I will add my own support to the complaint, not because of the content but
> because people should not be quoated out of context. Unfortunately, we
> cannot dictate how people are depicted, as negative and frustrating as that
> may feel, but we can put out our own material to combat misconceptions. I
> wrote my own piece a few months back and share it here in case anyone wants
> to promote their own positive portrayals about blindness:
> 
> http://joeorozco.com/blog_facts_about_blindness_according_to_me
> 
> Joe
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carrie Gilmer
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 9:49 AM
> To: Blind Kid Mailing List; National Association of Blind Students mailing
> list
> Subject: [nabs-l] eHow internet article series on blindness
> 
> Hello all~
> I discovered last night a series of articles written and posted on eHow
> concerning blindness. they are misleading at best, horrifically bad
> perpetuated falsehoods at worst.  I had only viewed four of them last night
> and had to stop, I was so upset. This morning a friend pointed out that I
> was mentioned and partially quoted in another one! I was completely unaware,
> and found upon reading it, it is in the midst of misleading and mixed
> messages and not an accurate portrayal from the article or from our life!,
> I believe it was pulled from. The same is true for a friend of mine also
> "quoted" in the same article! one of the articles is titled "How to set the
> table for a blind person", yes, seriously. "How to care for a blind
> person"...They are Just dripping with condescending dramatic language and
> ideas! They appear to name the NFB (named National Federation FOR the Blind)
> as a reference!!!!!!!!
> 
> I strongly encourage you to read the articles in the series and write
> complaints both individually and as groups, with reasoned argument specific
> to false points. There are multiple authors, so letters naming problems with
> each article are needed.
> 
> We must get these off the internet.
> 
> Contact for complaint for eHow:
> 
> I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO HAS COMPLAINT OR KNOWS ANYTHING ACCURATE ABOUT
> BLINDNESS TO WRITE A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO EHOW!!!! I will be doing it one for
> each ridiculous article!! i believe if they get enough coherent and
> reasonable complaints they will take these down permanently...as per their
> policy on misinformation!: 
> 
> Further Information If you have a complaint, you may contact us at eHow,
> Inc. Legal Department, 5808 Lake Washington Blvd. Ste. 300, Kirkland, WA
> 98033, U.S.A. If you are a California resident, the Complaint Assistance
> Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the Dept. of Consumer Affairs
> may be contacted at 400 R Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 or (800) 952-5210
> 
> Best, 
> 
> Carrie
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> _______________________________________________
> nabs-l mailing list
> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> nabs-l:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jsoro620%40gmail.com
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> nabs-l mailing list
> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/carrie.gilmer%40gmail.com