Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Precious...
Has anyone else seen the movie Precious? It was hard to watch…I thought I knew the general idea of the movie…I watch Oprah… I thought I was going to be ok…but lets just say I was shocked and sad…I cannot handle rape scenes in a movie anyway but then…I heard the word “Mongo” and I knew and my heart sank…and I could not believe it…Precious has a little girl born with Down Syndrome…and they call her “Mongo” not a name “Mongo”…. I was so moved by the little girl in the movie…and I was so sad…I am not sure why I am still illusion about people…I just hate that people think my child is less then there child…I hate that my child has labels and names that are just mean…
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Hi Kimberly,
ReplyDeleteBeth over at Hannah's Shenanigans wrote a post about the movie on her blog. I enjoy Beth's insights very much and after reading her post, I am not so sure I can handle watching this movie. Here is her post: http://hannigans.blogspot.com/search/label/mongoloid
My heart sinks every time an image like this is fed to the public, whether for good or negative intention/awareness...
Maddie is good enough. She is as equal in this life as any typical child. *hugs*