The only reason the deaf person may be limited is when a hearing person purposefully limits them because they stereotype deaf people as “Deaf and Dumb”. Another step to respecting another culture is by realizing that your culture is not necessarily the “right” one. Try to take a step back and look at the culture in an observational point of view, instead of your own personal point of view. This could really help you understand the culture, and the more we understand, the more we respect. When you learn about a culture, your
Which is amazing to me that they can play instruments even though they are deaf and can not hear that well. Cochlear implants are a small complex electronic device that can help to provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. The scene about the cochlear implants stand out to me because how much technology has changed that someone who is deaf could actually have a possibility to hear what they never had been able to. Also that some deaf people would rather not have them once they had tried them they decide to take them out. The protest at Gallaudet University was the students at the University trying to get the president to be deaf just like them because they did not believe the president should be hearing because they are not.
Still, they faced public discrimination and alienation. “It is a desperately isolating condition, made worse by society's lack of understanding and the slowness of businesses to adapt.” (Parkinson, Michael. The Telegraph). Some said they were damned and cursed for their “illnesses” while others feared communication with them because they didn’t understand how to overcome the obstacle of deafness. In order for deaf people to communicate with hearing people the hearing people either have to learn sign language, or the hearing person has to speak and read lips.
I do not feel superior to the individual who is conversing in “broken” English because I cannot judge someone on the basis of how they talk in the English language. They probably are proficient in another language that is foreign to me, and if I were to learn that language and speak it in a “broken” manner, I would not appreciate it if people looked down upon me because of that. There are stereotypes and misconceptions concerning people who speak in “broken” English and how they are perceived to be uneducated and stupid, but this is very ignorant. Another aspect that has shaped my views on people who speak “broken” English is the fact that my parents speak in “broken” English. However, this has not limited their possibilities in life, as my parents are very successful today.
This type of discrimination isn’t hard to prove if there are witnesses present or if it has been heard about by others. Indirect discrimination is rules that may marginalise different groups of people. Stereotyping and labelling is usually a fixed opinion which generalizes beliefs about a particular group of people. An example of this is when people talk to the elderly loudly and also slowly they could find this patronising because they think that because she’s old that she is deaf and less able then others. Social class is a class system.
If someone has a hearing impairment a lot of people prefer to communicate by lip speaking. This is where the individual follows the conversation and repeats what is said but without using there voice, this in turn makes it easier for some people to lip read. A lot of people who are deaf will use sign language to communicate. Sign language it is a visual/spatial language, which has its own grammatical rules using hand shapes, hand movements and facial expressions to convey the meaning. Another way people with hearing loss can communicate is speech to text reporter.
It saddens me that society puts so much pressure on the Deaf to become hearing that the concept of Eyeth vs. Earth had to come about. Deaf people should be considered ‘the norm’ on earth as well. I also enjoyed watching the interviews of Deaf people and coming to know their perceptions of Deafness. Overall, I sensed much pride as each interviewee gave their personal story. The overall impression I got
In the hearing culture, we use to discuss at the dinner table: politics, religion, sex or money. On the contrary, deaf people tend to discuss more about job, money, education, and daily basic life. In deaf community, it is nothing wrong in asking people how much money they earn a year or how much they pay for their car, or house (Mindess, 2006) Every culture has their own way of
As the Deaf population has grown in the last few decades, they have emerged as a new-era culture; changing not only the perception of Deaf people, but the power of language as well both in speaking and signing. In the words of George Veditz, creator of NAD films, “as long as we have Deaf people on earth, we will have signs.” Similar to other controversial and often times prejudiced differences (Gays, African Americans, Blind) Deafness isn’t just going to disappear one day and be forever forgotten. The majority of the population sees a future with curable options and not as a general unbiased equality with tolerance. The Deaf interpret this as a threat, an additional rejection to the years of isolation and misunderstanding they have suffered. It’s like saying, you’re deaf there must be something wrong with you.
“Bilingual education programs are largely a failure” says Linda Chavez she goes to say that “students who are placed in bilingual programs often and up illiterate in both their native language and English.” Which is a very good thought because if you think about it, it takes most Americans a long time to be literate in just English. So you might be able to teach a child there native language and English. But how well are they going to be able to us it in the right terms. In the long run of their education will they be able to use both languages the right way. “The reason bilingual education is failing so many of Americans students is because it relies on a flawed theory.” Said Chavez, “This theory states that to become fully proficient in a new language, a student first must be literate and proficient in his or her native language.” In other wards what she is trying to say in that non-English-proficient children have to first be taught how to read and write in their own native language for at least a five to seven year program.