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From: Stew.Bowden@f6.n377.z1.fidonet.org (Stew Bowden)
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Subject: Re: blind politics
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Date: 28 Jun 91 16:04:45 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 MP> If you, I, or any other blind person goes for a job interview,
 MP> and let's say the employer says the job has been filled, and
 MP> then we see an add in the paper two days later,
 MP> wouldn't that be a textbook discrimination lawsuit victory.
Hi Mika: not necessarily. The employer could claim that the add happened to
remain in the paper after the job had been filled.
 MP> Have you ever called one of these people in a situation
 MP> like you described, and if so what did they say?
Mika: you are never going to rid the world of discrimination. However, hard
work, and a determination to be better than average in whatever you do, will win
in the end for you. Even when you are successfully gainfully employed, that does
not mean that discrimination is ended. There will always be those who feel you
are inferrior just because you are blind. In my book, those are the people I
ignore and work around, because no matter what you do, you will never change
them.

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