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From: James.Womack@f14.n300.z1.fidonet.org (James Womack)
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Subject: Re: Deaf and/or Hearing Impaired
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Date: 15 Mar 91 04:41:38 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

The Deaf Community will be more accepting of those who are not culturally
deaf when the non-culturally deaf stop looking down at deafies. When
such people do not behave as it they are our betters or act like false
friends, we will accept them. Too often we see people like my friend
Hugh, who says things like, "I am not likethose deaf people. I talk
fine and I can get along with hearing people. i hear better than they
do." etc etc. Naturally with an attitude likethis we say to heck with
you. Then you get people who come around, sit inthe back somewhere
and make fun of us or who don't really participate. These people also
look down on our beloved language of ASL which we did not in thepast,
do not now nor ever will let go of. Seeing as how non-culturally deaf
do not accept us, itis only human that we treat them as we are treated,
with rejection. I think it is a darn shame, just as bigotry and hate
is a shame,but there it is staring us inthe face and mocking the name
we give ourselves-homo sapien, intelligent man. What a laugh.

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