How Propaganda Shapes Public Perceptions of Disability

Diamante

“The War against the Vulnerable looms from past into the present with the lies of perception”
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The atrocities under the guise of progress, propaganda and policy repeats itself through culture and politics. I am disgusted at how unorthodox stigmatizations of vulnerable classes are marginalised as scapegoats in political propaganda. The irony of the word “vulnerable” helps you understand the plight of disabled persons to escape the onslaught of propaganda today with metaphors strike, wound,injure,maim and wounded. I am classed as disabled and to help an individual understand what is like to be with that label regardless of it being physical or mental you are “**** wounded and limited what you would like to do”. Strong language you may say but wake up real perception of the vulnerable .

Article disability perception gap says”The research shows that the public is still stereotyping disabled people in all aspects of their daily lives, including how much care disabled people need and how productive they are...The perception gap between disabled and non-disabled people’s views of prejudice has grown since 2000”.

The nazi regime oppressed all the different classes in Germany especially the vulnerable including the disabled. The "euthanasia centres” systematically murdered the vulnerable under the guise that spread through government policy . Encyclopedia Britannica online says about T4 program A new bureaucracy, headed by physicians, was established with a mandate to kill anyone deemed to have a “life unworthy of living.”.It also said “Nazi officials assigned people to this program largely based on their economic productivity. The Nazis referred to the program’s victims as “burdensome lives” and “useless eaters.” One resource said “In total, an estimated 275,000 disabled people are believed to have been killed by the Nazis”

The driving force behind the Nazi campaign was the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, commanded by Dr. Joseph Goebbels.Irony of this politician he concealed his left club foot that was a genetic disability.

According to scope it says” The government should launch a new cross-departmental disability strategy, focused on improving attitudes and reducing prejudice towards disabled people”. From my personal experience perceptions of disabled individuals find it hard to comprehend third person perspective a disabled person's vulnerabilities as a wound that impacts the beauty of life as a healthy bodied person.

I would say some governmental and notorious erroneous media use disabled as scapegoat for financial problems in the UK. Nazi labels “life unworthy of living and lack of economic productivity” been stereotyped today, evolving language of negative bias towards disadvantage because of mental and physical wounds.

Finally If I was born in Germany in the war I would not be here because of my disabilities and Jewish heritage because of twisted perceptions.

Essay from my summer art project degree in fine art, If want references i can post. Hope this will empower you