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Teenagers With Albinism Maintain Self Esteem Despite The Taunts Of Their Peers (Part 1)
August 2nd, 2010 | 
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@Razeasha This video did get a really positive response from most viewers because people had a great interest in the condition of albinism. I would love to upload another video similar to this. Do you know of any documentaries about people with albinism who are successful? Well, I tried to purchase a doc called, ‘butterfly’ about a young woman with albinism. Unfortunately, it’s not sold on the internet because it’s only sold in foreign countries.
@DisabledActivists I can understand the initial shock of such a situation. It was probably also hard for them, because successful people with albinism are underrepresented. I don’t think that I got the “wrong message,” rather, I just think that the media played up their shock a little, as the media is apt to do. I am still very glad that this documentary was made. It opens up a larger area for dialogue about albinism.
@Razeasha Thanks for sharing your opinion Razeasha.. Hopefully noone else with albinism will watch the part about Raegan and get the wrong message. ::Fingers Crossed:: . I think Raegan’s family is just inexperienced and worried about the fear of the unknown. Surely, they’ll have a more mature point of view as the years pass and they realize what a special, beautiful child they really have. It will take time for them.
@DisabledActivists Yes, I watched the second part as well. This isn’t the first time that I’ve seen it. I watched the entire documentary on 20/20′s website shortly after it was aired. The parts about Tanzania were, in my opinion, very well done and eye opening. The stories of the American people with albinism were also fairly well-done. I think the one about baby Regan was the only one that really got on my nerves. Also, this documentary was the first time that I had heard about “passing.”
@Razeasha Hi Raseasha!! Thanks for sharing your input. I hope you hake taken the time to also watch the second part of this documentary. I personally think people with albinism are strikingly beautiful but there are always people out there that may be judgmental, especially younger children. Anyway, I wouldn’t have uploaded this if the whole thing was offensive. They all find their way in the end. And there are struggles but they don’t live lives of misery!
@JuusanKikan I have albinism and would be more than willing to shake some sense into people like this. I found parts of this documentary offensive. “OMG Albinism! It’s the end of the world. They live lives of MISERY!!!”
I know this is terrible of me, but I laughed at that guy’s reaction to his daughter’s diagnosis. Oh no, albinism, let me make dramatic poses! Some of these people really need therapy. …Either that or someone with albinism to grab them by the shoulders, shake them, and tell them that they don’t have to put up with that nonsense. (I am available, and I do accept chocolate as payment.)