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(UN) HIDDEN: Disability Elders: An Interview with Keith Jones

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Emmy Award-winning disability rights leader Keith Jones critiques how the disability movement frames itself on the Civil Rights Movement while maintaining internal racism and discrimination. He argues "proximity to whiteness" prevents authentic cross-cultural, cross-disability collaboration, with organizations prioritizing white parents' interests over inclusive justice. Jones challenges prominent leaders to reject white nationalism, noting "we are not a fully realized movement until we are a fully inclusive movement" and calls for coalescing around core principles of freedom, authority, support, responsibility, and confirmation.

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