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NO CENSORSHIP
By egbertpress | December 16, 2007
There will not be any censorship in DeafRead. Com
I have not named anyone who are the deficit thinkers but many of you knew and a couple of bloggers seems got panic and posted their blog about it.
But nonetheless, don’t assume that I will pursue this effort to censor any bloggers.
And my opinion, this feedback has made the people stronger and spoken up about the reality world of deficit thinkers and the Deaf people that want to be proactive to have the betterment in Deaf education and language.
And I care about this community.
Peace
John Egbert
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December 17th, 2007 at 8:41 am
John- here’s what I typed at Ella’s site…
(she did a dang good job responding to the deficit thinking discussion)
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YOU SAID IT, ELLA!!! Another powerful and clear vlog from you, dear comrade!
I liked how you pointed our RESPONSIBILITY in addition to RIGHTS. It tears my heart to see some of the bloggers outright attack John Egbert- they do not know John or his intentions. I know John wants the Deaf community to move forward and I admire him like I do you.
Another characteristic of deficit thinking (as discussed in Ladd’s book), is… an obsession with details rather than the Big Picture. For example, the idea of “residual hearing” and amplification as being the most important component(s) of the “hearing impaired” child’s academic day— rather than how s/he is doing academically, language-wise, etc.
That deficit thinking spills over to the Deaf community, influencing us to tear each other down over minor details rather than the Big Picture or big ideas & goals. For example, arguing about what our “approach” was, what was said, how people are reacting, etc. instead of sifting through the emotions and look at the logic and big ideas behind proposals.
Attributing John’s attempt to elevate our discourse to “censorship”, while quoting philosophers to appear smart (as if Deaf people cannot offer anything of intellectual value), and attacking his ideas without even processing or discussing with John in ASL is another example of how deficit thinking has affected our community.
We all should get away from our keyboards and head for the VP or meet in person and address the destructive deficit thinking & discourse that is causing the rift between us. It is NOT our backgrounds, who we hang with, who our parents are, or how well we sign. It’s our attitude (influenced or not by deficit thinking) that either unites or divides us.
Love you, Ella!
DE