Just because YOU don’t see the pervasive discrimination we experience, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist!
Just because WE can’t hear, doesn’t make us any less capable. You don’t get to decide what is in OUR best interest!
Just because many of us are disempowered into silence, doesn’t mean you can discriminate against us freely!
Systemic discrimination is any discrimination which occurs within a system as a result of the system's patterns of behaviours, policies, practices or individuals who are not kept in check appropriately by said system. Such systems which perpetuate disadvantage for...
It is time to stop being afraid. Time to forget the whole “Don’t rock the boat” philosophy of keeping your head down and not drawing attention.
… because if you weren’t deaf, it would actually be a compliment.
A question for everyone who can hear... Do you always carry a pen and paper on your person? This is the dilemma of a deaf person who is used to assimilation into hearing society. I find myself exercising hearing privilege for instance the privilege of not needing to...
“I don’t believe in kickin’,It aint apt to bring one peace;But the wheel what squeaks the loudestis the one what gets the grease.”- "Uncle Josh Weathersby’s ‘Punkin Centre’ Stories” by Cal Stewart, 1903- "Uncle Josh Weathersby’s ‘Punkin Centre’ Stories” by Cal...
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