Azizi,

What does this have to do with the subject of the use of the word "blind" in Black Bluesmen's names?

Since you asked-- although my comment that you quoted was specifically in repsonse to someone else's post, and not yours-- It had to do with how someone who has not shared the experience referenced made a value judgment on how "we" ought to feel (I'm parapharasing) about having the word BLIND included in the name by which someone chose/agreed to be publicized.

And while we're stating preferences, I prefer not to have you, Azizi, comment on the language I choose to use in a thread when I am addressing someone other than yourself. I express my thoughts as I express them. "Take the best and leave the rest," as a wise woman once said.

You have asked WHY "Blind" was an appellation attached to [insert adjective YOU prefer] singers' names.... I've offered what I know IN THE LANGUAGE I USE.

~Susan