[NFBF-L] Hobin email FW: Oscar-nominated Feeling Character. It also has ableist and racist messages.

Fri Apr 30 13:49:02 UTC 2021

Hello Brian:

I could not open your attachment using the space bar as instructed or the
enter key nor off the website.

Is there another way to see it?

Yes, we will see you on Sunday

P.S.  Please send me a copy of our current D B Constitution.  Thank You.

.

     Sincerely,

    Debbie R.

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Subject: [NFBF-L] Hobin email FW: Oscar-nominated Feeling Character. It also
has ableist and racist messages.

Hello Marilyn and other NFBF Deaf Blind board members
,               

This was interesting email I received from Hobin last week. You may wish to
post on Diversity list.

Talk Sunday,

Brian

Brian Edward Norton

National Federation of the Blind of Florida

NFBF Greater Daytona Beach President

NFBF Deaf Blind Division President

386.871.3359

brian.edward.norton at outlook.com <mailto:brian.edward.norton at outlook.com> 

Apostle Paul:

We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.

since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal 

2 Corinthians 4:18 

From: Haben Girma <contact at habengirma.com <mailto:contact at habengirma.com> > 
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 10:44 AM
To: brian.edward.norton at outlook.com <mailto:brian.edward.norton at outlook.com>

Subject: Oscar-nominated Feeling Through has a Deafblind Character. It also
has ableist and racist messages.

Dear Friends,

I normally don't follow the Oscars, but this year's nominations include a
short film with a Deafblind character. Depictions of underrepresented groups
in movies influence how the mainstream public treats us. Feeling Through
features a Black teen taking advantage of a Deafblind man, perpetuating the
dangerous "Black criminals" stereotype.

The portrayal of deafblindness also advances harmful stereotypes. How the
Deafblind character travels with a cane, shops, and manages money does not
represent Deafblind people. The New York Times mistakenly praised the film
for being "a window into the largely unknown world of deaf-blindness," which
saddens me. Celebrating Feeling Through adds to the discrimination facing
disabled people at work, school, and the community.

Most film critics miss the racism and ableism in Feeling Through, so I
created my own film review with a disability justice perspective.

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You can use Feeling Through to teach people to catch racist and ableist
messages, skills all of us dedicated to human rights should have.

One last thing. Some film critics claim Feeling Through is the first film to
cast a Deafblind actor in a leading role, but that's incorrect. The 1919
film Deliverance featured Helen Keller cast as herself in that film about
her life. Let's continue to remember Helen Keller.

Best,
Haben

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