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MaryamAsenugaFirstEssay 5 - 25 Feb 2021 - Main.MaryamAsenuga
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< | “The only bad thing about being deaf is the inaccessibility to the mainstream, Hearing world.” A Deaf character in Switched at Birth, stated this when her Deaf teacher asked what it means to be deaf. Switched at Birth is my favorite show because it centers on deafness and the community. During the scene, as some students discussed the richness of Deaf culture and how they would never trade their deafness for the ability to hear, I was shocked at their celebration of deafness. Viewing this show opened my eyes to the different communities of people who, similar to my Black community, are also dealt harsh cards, but still find their way to success. Although being Deaf and Black are two different experiences, the connections allowed me to gain deeper lessons. As a Hearing person, I ignorantly viewed deafness as a hindrance before even learning about the wider community. I questioned: “How can you communicate in a world that you cannot hear?” | >
> | “The only bad thing about being deaf is the inaccessibility to the mainstream, Hearing world.” A Deaf character in Switched at Birth stated this when her Deaf teacher asked what it means to be deaf. Switched at Birth is my favorite show because it centers on deafness and the community. During the scene, as some students discussed the richness of Deaf culture and how they would never trade their deafness for the ability to hear, I was shocked at their celebration of deafness. Viewing this show opened my eyes to the different communities of people who, similar to my Black community, are also dealt harsh cards, but still find their way to success. Although being Deaf and Black are two different experiences, the connections allowed me to gain deeper lessons. As a Hearing person, I ignorantly viewed deafness as a hindrance before even learning about the wider community. I questioned: “How can you communicate in a world that you cannot hear?” | | | | |
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< | Yet, as I have begun learning American Sign Language (ASL), watching ASL films, and learning more about the American Deaf culture, I learned the answer to this question. Deaf people have remarkably created new ways to communicate in and experience life. Similarly, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s The Path of the Law implies that language, like water, only becomes economically useful when people are deprived of it. Deaf people have not been deprived of communication, like I once thought, they have simply reinvented them. | >
> | Yet, as I have begun learning American Sign Language (ASL), watching ASL films, and learning more about the American Deaf culture, I learned the answer to this question. Deaf people have remarkably created new ways to communicate in and experience life. Similarly, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s The Path of the Law implies that language, like water, only becomes economically useful when people are deprived of it. Deaf people have not been deprived of communication, like I once thought, they have simply reinvented it. | | | Deafness illustrates that as there are various ways to richly experience and communicate with others, there are different paths I can take in pursuit of occupational success. |
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