[lg policy] [Edling] Should the Deaf Be Considered an Ethnic Group?

[Harold Schiffman]

 Forwarded From:  edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


BU Today



Should the Deaf Be Considered an Ethnic Group?



Deaf Americans who sign share much more than a language; they comprise
a common culture with its own ancestry, art, and humor. A recent book
titled The People of the Eye, coauthored by Richard C. Pillard, a
School of Medicine professor of psychiatry, goes further, offering a
compelling argument that the deaf should be recognized as a distinct
ethnic group.



Full story:

http://www.bu.edu/today/node/12696





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