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Support Condemnation of the Humanitarian Award to JERRY LEWIS
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    Lee Dorsey
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I am fowarding this from Christina Chew's blog. up as an Action, for those so inclined.

  Actor and comedian Jerry Lewis is set to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at tonight's Oscar awards ceremony. Disability advocates (including Dora and me) have been protesting the choice of Lewis.
 Here is Dora's post about a petition to protest giving Lewis this award. As Dora wrote, it's Lewis' "perpetuation of pity instead of respect for people with disabilities" in his (in)famous muscular dystrophy telethon that makes the choice of him to receive the Hersholt Award inappropriate.
 You can read A Test of Wills: Jerry Lewis, Jerry's Orphans, and the Telethon in Ragged Edge about the "stigma against disabled people" reinforced in Lewis' telethon.  

HERE is Petition link: petitiononline.com/jlno2009/petition.html  

 "Awareness" is great, but, unless it's turned into real and actual action that affects real and actual people, it's just a start. 
In addition,  and this is why it caught my eye, I agree completely with Michael Jones comment below the blog.   "Jerry Lewis has also had a history of using language that's offensive to LGBT communities, including dropping the three-letter f-word during his telecast in 2007.  It annoys me to no end that he's getting this honor.  Argh." Me too.

So I will set up under Gay Rights too.  

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I am fowarding this from Christina Chew's blog. up as an Action, for those so inclined.<br /><br />&nbsp; Actor and comedian&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/movies/22darg.html?ref=arts"><b>Jerry Lewis</b></a>&nbsp;is set to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at tonight's Oscar awards ceremony. Disability advocates (including Dora and me) have been protesting the choice of Lewis.<br />&nbsp;Here is&nbsp;<a href="http://autism.change.org/blog/view/petition_to_protest_hersholt_award_choice"><b>Dora's post</b></a>&nbsp;about a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/jlno2009/petition.html"><b>petition</b></a>&nbsp;to protest giving Lewis this award. As Dora wrote, it's Lewis' "perpetuation of pity instead of respect for people with disabilities" in his (in)famous&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mda.org/telethon/"><b>muscular dystrophy telethon</b></a>&nbsp;that makes the choice of him to receive the Hersholt Award inappropriate.<br />&nbsp;You can read&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ragged-edge-mag.com/archive/jerry92.htm"><b>A Test of Wills: Jerry Lewis, Jerry's Orphans, and the Telethon</b></a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ragged-edge-mag.com/archive/jerry92.htm"><b>Ragged Edge</b></a>&nbsp;about the "stigma against disabled people" reinforced in Lewis' telethon.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />HERE is Petition link: petitiononline.com/jlno2009/petition.html &nbsp;<br /><br />&nbsp;"Awareness" is great, but, unless it's turned into real and actual action that affects real and actual people, it's just a start.&nbsp;<br />In addition, &nbsp;and this is why it caught my eye, I agree completely with Michael Jones comment below the blog. &nbsp; "Jerry Lewis has also had a history of using language that's offensive to LGBT communities, including dropping the three-letter f-word during his telecast in 2007.&nbsp; It annoys me to no end that he's getting this honor.&nbsp; Argh." Me too.<br /><br />So I will set up under Gay Rights too. &nbsp;

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