02.07.01 - Cold Servitude
17th clip of the DC myth. Title Cold Servitude. 5:03 minutes long.
NEW ADDITION: Deafhood questions and deaf history commentary. For each video clip (section), questions will be posed to viewers for reflection and commentary for elaboration on the connection between the myth symbols/events and deaf history/the deaf experience. That way, both hearing and deaf viewers can reflect, after viewing the clip, on their experiences being with dDeaf people or being dDeaf, respectively and interchangably.
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Deafhood Question: (first few for deaf people and last few for hearing people) Have you ever experience extreme paternalism to the point when the other person do things for you simply because you are deaf (or anything else)? Have you ever experienced trepidation (concern, worry, alarm), just because you are deaf, when you about to leave your childhood home to start life on your own? Have you felt concerned for any deaf persons safety due to them being alone and deaf in the rough hearing world? Have you, when encountering a deaf signing person(s) on the street, felt you have to go to them and “help”?
Deaf History Commentary: In the past (and the present, too), deaf people were taken care of ALL their lives, never given the chance to learn to live independently. You probably have heard or know of one deaf person who never ever took care of her/himself. In deaf history, we do find scores of deaf people who were similiar to the three deaf characters depicted in this chapter - 02.07 clip. Two good historical examples are Junius Wilson and John Doe #24. Click on the names for more information.
Personal Commentary: This is also special and personal for me. My late deaf father, blessed be his name, left his parents’ home in Brooklyn, New York at the age of 37. Reasons for this probably are few. The primary reason was because his hearing parents were concerned and worried that their deaf son won’t be able to fend for himself in the rough hearing world.
