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From: Marshall Rice
Date: 21 Oct 2006
Time: 13:03:34 -0500
Remote Name: 65.95.6.79
Hi Renee: You ask why employers think it is alright to discriminate against people who stutter, while it is not 'all right' to discriminate against people with a physical disability. From my own perspective, it has always seemed like it is OK to make fun of people/characters who stutter. For example, Porky Pig is a severe stutterer, yet it is OK to portray him as a comic character. I have yet to see a cartoon that has a character in a wheelchair where it is OK to make fun of the fact they cannot walk. I cannot explain why one is OK and the other is not. Prof. Marshall Rice