Ten Commandments

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THE DEAF CULTURE 10 COMMANDMENTS

1. You should not put hearing culture above deaf culture
2. You shall not lose eye contact when communicating with a
deaf person
3. You shall communicate in sign language at all times
4. You shall not be the deaf person's sign language
instructor
5. You shall not be the deaf person's English grammar
teacher
6. You shall not be the deaf person's speech therapist
7. You shall not be the deaf person's comedian, telling non-
deaf jokes and puns
8. You shall not be the deaf person's "mother"
9. You shall view deaf people as an ethnic group, not as
handicapped people
10. You shall believe deaf people can do all things.

What do you think, guys? I was given this by a friend.
 
I think that "Deaf Culture" is getting out of hand. This happens a lot at NTID. I've got people who bullshit and give others a hard time about "Deaf Culture". I've heard of guys refusing to date girls because that girl wears CIs or has hearing parents. Jeez! Know what he said to her? "Oh, your parents aren't deaf so I can't date you. Sorry."
 
What struck me the most is that it said that the deaf community should be considered ethnic. Hmm...I don't think I agree with that.
 
Meg said:
What struck me the most is that it said that the deaf community should be considered ethnic. Hmm...I don't think I agree with that.
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:werd: Yeah, it shouldn't be considered ethnic. It should be considered as a handicap. Some of us are born hearing and become deaf later in life. We don't see people being born Asian and becoming African at the age of 10 or any Hispanics becoming Indians at the age of 15!
 
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