Normally, those with disabilities bring warm feelings to heart as they struggle to achieve and get ahead despite their limitations often with a positive outlook most of us could learn from. Ironically, though, the deaf seem to rank among the crabbiest leftwing activists out there.
At Gallaudet University in the Nation's Capital, students and faculty are holding protests because the new president of the school is not what they consider "deaf enough". It is not that she does not have a sufficient level of hearing loss to satisfy these rabblerousers but rather that she did not learn to speak sign language until early adulthood, married someone with hearing (so much for it being what's on the inside that counts), and dared to mother children who are themselves not deaf (talk about reverse Eugenics). And for good measure, Fernandes is a pariah because she is White (good radicals never let that one slide by).
The school's outgoing President I. Jordan King calls the protests an example of identity politics. For the organized deaf are not about empowering the individual but rather about keeping them dependent upon those running this particular ghetto.
Don't say that I didn't warn you.
Previous blogs on Gallaudet University's selection of Dr. Jane K. Fernandes.
When Protesters Ignore Courteous Dialogues with Dr. Jane K Fernandes
Deaf-Centrism Exposed?
"Aggressive Threats" Splashed over 7 pages on Google Search on Celia May Baldwin's Resignation Letter
Simon Says "Aggressive Threats" - repeat often
From Gallaudet University....she resigns!!!
I King Jordan's Freudian Slip? Or Right brain Left Brain Language Interference?
60 Percent of Gallaudet Faculty Members Shows up for Votes of No Confidence at Gallaudet University
"Not Deaf Enough" - Newsmax reports.
The Unspoken Side of RDPN Gallaudet Protest
Associated Press Delivers....More Media Cover Gallaudet Protests
Hearing the Other Side "Vigilant Ally" for Deaf Culture Dominance at Gallaudet?
Not Acceptable! When Protesters Terrorize other Deaf People
Unity for Gallaudet? For Whom?
RDPN Protesters Continue to Grasp Straws
Deaf Protest Soon to Turn Violent at Gallaudet University???
Doh! Is Washington Post Clueless - electronic petition has value?
Washington Post Live Chat with Dr. Jane K. Fernandes
Deaf Quote Heard Around the World - "She doesn't say 'hi'."
IKJ Supports BoT Decision, Student Protesters Get Bogged Down Again?
A Real Deaf President Now Protest Continues....
The Selection of Dr. Jane K. Fernandes - a Rush Job?
Did the "Really Deaf President Now" Protest Fizzled Yesterday?
We Must have a Really, Really, Really Deaf President Now
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