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A friend and I discussed about a real life scenario relating to ASL teaching jobs.
A Hard of Hearing person who owns a private center that offers sign language courses and tutoring services to the general population who wants to learn about sign language. Keep in mind, a hard of hearing person who speaks well and fluent in ASL. I called a HH person “John.”
When a hearing person called to inquire if the center has a job opening (teacher position), John politely replied, “Thank you for your interest in the center, but I am not hiring at this time.” Later, the same person frequently called him and finally, John’s patience was running out, he bluntly told a hearing person that we don’t hire a hearing person. Well, you may call it discrimination.
To me, it is not because hearing people once learn and become fluent in ASL, then tend to take over teaching positions that belong to Deaf professionals.
The excellent example of Amy Cohen Efron’s blog/vlog:
http://www.deafeyeseeit.com/
The title is We. Have. A. Big. ****ing. Problem. Here.
Now, you can see why we have a big ****ing problem here? HEARING PEOPLE STOLE OUR ASL TEACHING JOBS!!
A Hard of Hearing person who owns a private center that offers sign language courses and tutoring services to the general population who wants to learn about sign language. Keep in mind, a hard of hearing person who speaks well and fluent in ASL. I called a HH person “John.”
When a hearing person called to inquire if the center has a job opening (teacher position), John politely replied, “Thank you for your interest in the center, but I am not hiring at this time.” Later, the same person frequently called him and finally, John’s patience was running out, he bluntly told a hearing person that we don’t hire a hearing person. Well, you may call it discrimination.
To me, it is not because hearing people once learn and become fluent in ASL, then tend to take over teaching positions that belong to Deaf professionals.
The excellent example of Amy Cohen Efron’s blog/vlog:
http://www.deafeyeseeit.com/
The title is We. Have. A. Big. ****ing. Problem. Here.
Now, you can see why we have a big ****ing problem here? HEARING PEOPLE STOLE OUR ASL TEACHING JOBS!!