At 9:44a -0600 on 1/21/99, DIN said, in part:
> [...] the positive thing is that it showed a
> person with a disability in a fairly important position. ABs need to see
> that people with disabilities are able to hold such positions. Then
> attitudes will change.
Indeed. Monday night I watched John Hockenberry's "analysis"
show (7 and 11 pm Monday-Friday on US cable network "MSNBC")
about Charles Ruff's performance that day. Host and subject were
visible as wheelchair users, but no explicit mention of this was
heard. This represents some unit of progress.
Host, subject, and all guests were all "middle-of-the-road" (in
my viewpoint, conervative to reactionary) white men.
This represents twelve other units of progress left to work on.
Jesse the K -- 43:04N 89:24W Madison WI USA -- <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Nothing clever to say here. Really.
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