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Governor of New York speaks about his blindness
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Thursday April 22, 2010 02:09 by Robbie Sinnott robbiein at gmail dot com Dublin 086-3572670
I hate hierarchy, but I like this guyh's honesty. Among other things, Richar Patterson says that Black liberation is more advanced than the liberation of Visually impaired [hear here]; that he was never ashamed of being black, but was ashamed of his visual impaierment. [interaction with the 'normal' people' is a strange nexus] Richard Patterson (Governor of New York is visually impaired. |
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in Ireland we're second-class citizens (e.g., we don't have secret ballot (1884 Act), and tá an chothrom in easnamh fós i lán chaoieanna eile.
One of Britain's top radio broadcasters,Peter White, has been blind since birth:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_White_%28broadcaster%29
He has no concept of what colours are, or of the horizon.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/img/presenters/peter_white.jpg
That doesn't stop him.
His attitude is "No Triumph No Tragedy" :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lypw4
Most of us would say that his life is a triumph over a personal tragedy.
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