Subject: | | Re: Singer/Asch debate |
From: | | "John Homan" <[log in to unmask]> |
Reply-To: | | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 18 Oct 1999 12:28:36 -0400 (EDT)534_US-ASCII Points of Agreement with a few recent posts:
A. All public education re: disabled rights & disability, need NOT revolve around reactions to Singer. (Thank you, Phyllis.) People with disabilities (to avoid a recent point of confusion -- I mean: people with disabilities -- both of the visible & invisible kind), who are academics, or who are not academics, can carry a message to a larger audience, not only by reacting to what Singer says... or just by focussing on what we have to say. [...]46_18Oct199912:28:36-0400(EDT)[log in to unmask] |
Date: | | Tue, 19 Oct 1999 19:45:55 +1000 |
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From: Lennard Davis <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 1:18 AM
Subject: Re: Singer/Asch debate
>
> While I deeply respect the argument that Simi Linton and others have made
> that disability studies and disability activism should be "lead" by people
> with disabilities,
>> I really don't think there is a chance those areas will> be taken over by
those abled parvenus seeking power and fame
It appears to me that peter Singer has done exactly that, and very
successfully to boot.
rgds John
. I'm not sure
> if Mairian was referring to me as one of the "non-disabled people" who
> shoud "step back from the spotlight and concentrate on the lighting and
> scenery." If so, or even if not, I think this is an interesting point
that
> should be discussed.
>
> >
> Best,
>
> Lennard J. Davis
> Professor and Graduate Director
> Department of English
> Binghamton University
> Binghamton, NY 13902
> 607-777-2770 Fax: 607-777-2408
>
>
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