Carolyn wrote:
> > It [confronting a discriminatory joke] only means that one should>
> recognize that the only thing one has > done is sent the behavior
> underground (for lack of a better term) and it won't be > done in one's
> presence again -- at least not for a time.
I find this an unnecessarily negative attitude. I have found that the
majority of people if approached properly would prefer to be supportive. I
have seem great improvements in attitude around disability issues when
people are given meaningful imformation in sensitive ways.
Henry Cullihill's wife felt supported by the response to her decision to
speak out - she should know, she was there. Why undermine good things
when they happen?
JUdy SInger
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