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Cries for justice fall on deaf ears - PUC Chronicle - Purdue University Calumet
Northwest Indiana's deaf community has been expressing their frustrations towards AMC Theaters in Schererville for not being deaf-friendly. Since AMC brought out Kerasotes theaters, the open captioned movies have since been cut off. Before AMC, Kerasotes had been deaf-friendly by providing enough information on open captioned movies through newspapers, their website and sending subscription emails from nwideaf.org or captionfish.com. Now where's AMC at?
With the high price of gasoline, it would be pretty ridiculous to require the Northwest Indiana deaf community to drive for more than thirty miles to Chicago for something as simple as an open captioned movie. Yet at the same time, missing out on movie theater releases just because you're deaf isn't very fair, either.
If I were them, I would feel a heat boiling inside my stomach, ready to explode for having to sit on the couch waiting for DVD releases. By the time we either purchase or rent the movies, it is already old news. Spoiler alerts are already flooding the Internet within days of a movie's release, let alone the months it takes to wait on DVD.
When movies are released in theaters, the DVDs take in between three to six months to actually come out. Therefore, the deaf community would feel six months behind on movies just because theaters aren't accommodating their disability. How are we supposed to talk with our friends about the excitement of a movie when, by the time we get to see them, they're already old news?!
Movies for hearing people are valuable and entertaining, but the same applies to the deaf community as well. If AMC Theaters is able to provide and meet hearing people's expectations, then surely they could do something for the rest of their customers. But so far, any effort that AMC has put forth hasn't been serious enough to get my attention. Which, believe me, I'm paying attention.
Sadly, this isn't really news for disabled communities. Not only does the deaf community have issues, but other communities as well. Same old same old, right? The justice we constantly look out for seems to be fading more often than not, particularly when something as simple as seeing a movie turns into some unaffordable luxury.
In the past, deaf communities all over the United States have had to fight against injustices. I thought we were long past that, but if it feels like we're going back to the days of injustice and inequality instead of overcoming them, then I guess I was wrong.
Northwest Indiana's deaf community has been expressing their frustrations towards AMC Theaters in Schererville for not being deaf-friendly. Since AMC brought out Kerasotes theaters, the open captioned movies have since been cut off. Before AMC, Kerasotes had been deaf-friendly by providing enough information on open captioned movies through newspapers, their website and sending subscription emails from nwideaf.org or captionfish.com. Now where's AMC at?
With the high price of gasoline, it would be pretty ridiculous to require the Northwest Indiana deaf community to drive for more than thirty miles to Chicago for something as simple as an open captioned movie. Yet at the same time, missing out on movie theater releases just because you're deaf isn't very fair, either.
If I were them, I would feel a heat boiling inside my stomach, ready to explode for having to sit on the couch waiting for DVD releases. By the time we either purchase or rent the movies, it is already old news. Spoiler alerts are already flooding the Internet within days of a movie's release, let alone the months it takes to wait on DVD.
When movies are released in theaters, the DVDs take in between three to six months to actually come out. Therefore, the deaf community would feel six months behind on movies just because theaters aren't accommodating their disability. How are we supposed to talk with our friends about the excitement of a movie when, by the time we get to see them, they're already old news?!
Movies for hearing people are valuable and entertaining, but the same applies to the deaf community as well. If AMC Theaters is able to provide and meet hearing people's expectations, then surely they could do something for the rest of their customers. But so far, any effort that AMC has put forth hasn't been serious enough to get my attention. Which, believe me, I'm paying attention.
Sadly, this isn't really news for disabled communities. Not only does the deaf community have issues, but other communities as well. Same old same old, right? The justice we constantly look out for seems to be fading more often than not, particularly when something as simple as seeing a movie turns into some unaffordable luxury.
In the past, deaf communities all over the United States have had to fight against injustices. I thought we were long past that, but if it feels like we're going back to the days of injustice and inequality instead of overcoming them, then I guess I was wrong.