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Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts) Fri Aug 14, 2015, 07:16 AM Aug 2015

Please stop making disabled people invisible [View all]

It seems to be all the rage today to think and state, as a whole, ALL WHITES and ALL WHITE MALES can never suffer as much as a person of color, woman or anyone from the LGBT community.

That is not true.

Able-bodied African Americans, women or LGBT's today do not, as a whole, suffer more or are as invisible, in comparison, to the disabled of any stripe or color. Especially, when you keep lumping some disabled people in with privileged white males and effectively make their suffering, disability and demographic invisible.

There is nothing privileged about being disabled. And your color or gender does not help you.

Please stop making disabled people invisible.

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Please stop making disabled people invisible [View all] Shankapotomus Aug 2015 OP

Is there an impetus for this post? Politicub Aug 2015 #1

The irony is that the OP is complaining about the same "spectrum" whatthehey Aug 2015 #3

^This /nt Shankapotomus Aug 2015 #4

Disabled people ought to become more militant in demand equal rights meow2u3 Aug 2015 #2

Damn Right! Tell it to the hearing impaired The Green Manalishi Aug 2015 #5

Yep. The disabled can get it from all sides at once Shankapotomus Aug 2015 #7

You're absolutely right Shankapotomus Aug 2015 #6

Yes I feel very invisible unless I'm in public and being stared at Disabled15 Aug 2015 #8

The fact that you haven't posted here before Shankapotomus Aug 2015 #10

Yes, new here Disabled15 Aug 2015 #12

Ps Disabled15 Aug 2015 #14

Welcome to DU Depaysement Aug 2015 #26

+1 My disabled brother and my disabled daughter are both severely jwirr Aug 2015 #24

You're right, it's not true kcr Aug 2015 #9

White Privilege Is Real Shankapotomus Aug 2015 #11

No, white privilege is meaningless to you because you are confused as to what it is. kcr Aug 2015 #13

So is able-bodied and neurotypical* privilege meow2u3 Aug 2015 #15

That is not quite right. White privilege is dependent on skin color. Period. uppityperson Aug 2015 #17

While you have a point about making disabled people invisible, you seem to be confused as to what uppityperson Aug 2015 #16

Seattle? Disabled15 Aug 2015 #19

I know I still have to answer you, uppity. Shankapotomus Aug 2015 #20

Thanks for the long reply. I think we are pretty much in agreement, just discussing it uppityperson Aug 2015 #21

Better yet, let's not make *anyone* invisible. WillowTree Aug 2015 #18

That's not what white privilege is. NuclearDem Aug 2015 #22

This is the perfect explanation, IMO. DawgHouse Aug 2015 #25

I am not disabled, but my mother is. I completely support visibility for the disabled! nt LostOne4Ever Aug 2015 #23

Poster re the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilites Act DinahMoeHum Aug 2015 #27