is our goal to be "like" or to be "Equal"?

For many long years Black people worked hard to appear just like the White First Class folks.  They tried to lighten their skin, straighten their hair, even have nose jobs.  But in the end they remained physically different in ways that were obvious.  And so it came to pass that Blacks realized their goal was not to become like their White brothers and sisters, but to be Equal to them.  "Black is Beautiful", became the new cry, uniting Blacks of all shades and from all corners of the nation.  They set about teaching themselves and their children to be proud of who they were, not to try to hide it or to change it.  They understood that equality was both an internal matter as well as a political one. 

And that's all I'm saying about us Blind Folk.  We cannot blend into the Sighted World.  We must become proud and confident as Blind People, equal to all other First Class Citizens, with our distinct differences. 

Suggesting that we "become like" sighted people is to deny that which we are, Proud, Confident Blind People. 

 

Curious Carl