From: Andy Baracco 
Subject: Re: Fight Magoo on the Internet
Oh Christ!, Tom, give me a break! I really think that executives have alot
more on their minds than Mr. Magoo when they make hiring decisions. I
really think that the NFB has lost perspective on this one. Or maybe they
haven't. After all, it has garnered and will continue to garner a fair
amount of free publicity. But, in the long run, is it the kind of
publicity that we want. Do we want to be taken seriously, or do we want to
be considered a bunch of crackpots?
Andy Baracco
On 31 Jul 1997, Tom Scanlan wrote:
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> Yes, let's talk about employment -- and Magoo.  I don't know your age, so 
you may not be old enough to remember Magoo.  I am.  So are the executives in 
their 40's and 50's who are making lots of hiring and promotion decisions.
> 
> Magoo reenforces all the sterotypes and misconceptions about blindness, 
expecially that blind people are out-of-touch and not too smart.  That bears 
directly on someone's attitude toward hiring blind people.  
> 
> Employment does not exit in a vacum.  You can't work on employment without 
dealing with the underlying attitudes employers have.  You are kidding 
yourself if you think you can.  
> 
> So, ignore Magoo at your own peril.  And if you really think it a problem 
only for "partials," then you really haven't considered the attitudes of 
employers.  
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