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From: Jamal.Mazrui@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Jamal Mazrui)
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Subject: Re: Proposed Resolution At 1990 Nfb Convention
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Date: 8 Jan 91 19:00:08 GMT
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Hi Bill!  I do believe in a great deal of worth in the NFB.  I
believe, for example, that Dr. Jernigan is the greatest living
civil rights leader on blindness issues.  That, however, does
not mean he can do no wrong.  Ithink he has made a serious
mistake in my case and in several others over the years, losing
not only valuable individual leaders but large groups of blind
people from the rank and file of the organization's membership. 
Iam not saying that the ranks of the expelled are fault
free, but the punitive actions taken against them and anyone
associated with them are often far out of proportion to the
errors they made.  The result has been a smaller and Ithink
weaker organization with a damaged reputation in the blind
community at large not to mention the disability rights movement
as a whole.
 
--Jamal--

 

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