Barry describes himself in video he did in 2009 as "deafless" person which means he sees himself as a human being first, and not about his hearing loss, his deafness or whether he's hard of hearing, deaf or Deaf. In the video below he asks a deeper question.
Does the term 'deaf' own us or control us? In some instances I've seen how the term 'deaf' control us to a certain degree where we are seen as slaves to the word. Have we forgotten the fact that we are human beings first before we are anything else? Think about it.
Carl Schroeder attempted to define a term for Barry is which is a no-no. The only person who is allowed to label or define him/herself as is the person him/herself. And not from other people. If Barry wants to call himself as a Deaf person, then so be it. Or if he wants to call himself as a deaf person, so be it. Or hard of hearing, so be it. Or hearing impaired, so be it. Or a deafless person, then so be it. It's important to see a person as a human being first with all other extraneous details as second. Once you get into the practice of that then it wouldn't matter if a person has a condition. It wouldn't matter if a person is deaf. It wouldn't matter if a person is blind. It wouldn't matter because the person is a human being first and foremost.
Granted that Barry went to Idaho School for the Deaf and graduated there but so what? Granted that he grew up in an nth generation household of deaf families and signing. So what? Lately the labeling of the term "Deaf" has increasingly become perverted away from the original definition to mean people who are culturally deaf. Now the label "Deaf" has become so muddled in its definition to mean anybody with a hearing loss. And how certain culturally deaf factions have attempted to hijack the term "Deaf" for their own selfish agenda as I have carefully outlined in a previous blog on that very subject. And why it is destined to fail in the attempt to mean an all-inclusive term.
It won't................work.
Carl, learn to respect those who prefer to define or label themselves as. Carl is attempting to control Barry. A typical M.O. of Carl's. It is not up to Carl to decide for Barry what label he should carry. That's Barry's decision. And his alone.
6 comments:
I thought Carl disappeared off the face of this earth BECAUSE I completely forgot about him. I forgot about him because he never made any sense to me. But yeah, you're right. Its my decision to make and I already decided. I wouldn't make an issue out of it if these big D freaks did not keep shooting themselves in the foot in name of "Deaf". And I'm nt alone. Many are distancing themselves away from the big D society for all the same reasons. Thank you for correcting the freak. Allow me to forget him again, beginning now.
I agree with Holism, these big D people are a pain in the butt mostly. We ARE people and characters/individuals first who happen to be deaf,that's it, sorry if there is no kudos in that view.
Carl I have some respect for, but he talks to himself so what can we glean from what he says ? None of his vids are accessible. Maybe it is some perverse sop to culture who knows ?
Excellent point in that we are human beings first... so how about you telling the doctors, audiologists, etc., NOT to label us - and to allow us to decide how we'd like to be viewed?? Can you do that? That'd be great - thanks so much!!! :)
anony 11:26 AM,
There is a difference when one person makes it personal by telling another person of what his/her identity must be vs doctors, audiologists, etc describing groups of people with hearing loss (i.e. hard of hearing, deaf, Deaf, hearing impaired, etc).
And who are you, anyways?
Why are people so afraid to put their own identity down for all to see just so we know they are in a dialogue?
Correction:
Why are people so afraid to put their own identity down for all to see just so we know who they are in a dialogue?
@Anon Maybe telling these Big D people to stop THEIR labeling might help.... These people appear obsessed....
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