Big Hand Wave to Chuck Baird – artist and advocate

vlog giving big handwaves and hats off to Chuck Baird – a champion De’VIA (Deaf View / Image Art) artist and advocate for the arts. With a few samples of his work and an invitation to share your thoughts and well wishes for Chuck and his health. See Chuck’s home page
http://chuckbaird.com/. See interview w/ CB at http://www.csd.tv/tvchannel.html Look for Tracey Salaway’s upcoming film on Chuck.

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if u want to see a write up about Chuck’s artwork “Scrabble” – go to:

Clerc Scar 4.2

Afghanistan war = quagmire?

vlog sharing my concerns about the ongoing 8 year war in Afghanistan and the escalation of U.S. troops
concerns re: cost of U.S. military personnel lives, Afghanistan civilian lives, U.S. economy and reputation.
Robert Kennedy who originally advocated for supporting South Vietnam against the North, later opposed the Vietnam war in 1968 when running for president. He said it was time to sit down at the table for a peace accord – he shared quote from Roman times saying we do not want to “make a desert and call it peace.” I am hopeful that President Obama will remember his promises to us – promises of hope, change, and an end to these wars.

Demonstration Students at ICED Milan 1880

Facts and quotes from the ICED Milan Congress of 1880 where oralism was delcared to be superior to sign and thus began the banishment of natural sign languages in classrooms, dorm rooms, and livingrooms, and living rooms across the globe.
How would you have voted?

see www.milancongress.com for quotes and other information
see A Place of Their Own for facts and details

ICED Milan 1880 Language Bigotry

 

 

discussion of the Milan, Italy 1880 International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED) conference where the “incontestable superiority of speech over sign” was proclaimed and oralism became the law of the land in Deaf schools. to see the Milan resolutions: http://www.milan1880.com/milan1880con… and to learn about a current effor to get ICED to apologize for the Milan Congress go to http://audismfreeamerica.blogspot.com/

Language Bigotry

vlog explaing part of Dr. Lane’s Mask of Benevolence – Part 4 Language Bigotry and the Deaf Community.
mentions Francois Grosjean, whose article on bilingual rights for the Deaf child is in the new Deaf Studies Digital Journal (http://dsdj.gallaudet.edu/) click ARTICLES then pick sign language u want it in (ASL, BSL or ISL) for text version in many different languages - http://www.francoisgrosjean.ch/the_right_en.html

peace

patti

Crematorium Revolt – CODA sisters part of revolt in Auschwitz

 

 

 

short vlog explaining about the Crematorium Revolt in 1944 in Auschwitz-Birkenau where the Sonderkommandos (Jewish men, who worked the crematoriums, were smuggled gun powder from a few Jewish women who worked in the munitions factory in the camp. Two of the women were CODA sisters (Esther and Anna) and had Deaf parents from Poland who had been exterminated. The revolt succeeded in destroying one of the ovens. The surviving Sonderkommnados were captured, interrogated for names, and shot. The four women were captured, raped and tortured for more names involved in the revolt. They only revealed names of people who were already captured or killed. Anna, the younger sister was hid and protected, the other 4 were hung. Roza Robota prclaimed right before being hung “Be strong and be brave.”
Anna survived and lives in Canada – she wrote a memoire with many details about growing up with Deaf parents, her father’s wood workshop, and their household as well as her experiences in the camps and the revolt – see Never Far Away. Also go to http://www.rit.edu/deafww2 and click: Deaf Europeans + Holocaust then US Holocaust Memorial Museum for image of Anna and Esther’s Deaf parents, Jacob and Rebeka, and click survivors (scroll down) for a summary of Anna’s story as well as a powerpoint about her. Other links

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/aurevolt.html

http://www.annaheilman.net/About%20Anna%20Heilman.htm

To Be or Not To Be – Social Darwinism and Eugenics

re-posting of series examining Social Darwinism and how it relates to Deaf folks.

Part II and III will follow soon

If anyone needs a text summary – just let me know

Peace

Patti

Why Im Boycotting DR and DVTV

summary of vlog:

thanks to Cheryl of Ma for bringing up the concern that alot of discussion about Deaf Read in Deaf Read was all taking place in text English with no ASL.

You are right and I apologize.

Here is a summary of the issue with DR

Boycotts are a peaceful form of protest in the spirit of “truth force.” It is unjust for Deaf Read and Deaf Video TV to prohibit attacks based on race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion and EXCLUDE cultural groups and disability groups. The TRUE FACTS – July 1st the owner and operator of DR and DVTV wrote in an email: ” ill add audism in the guidelines — try to do this today!!! yay!!!” He never followed through on this commitment and did not reply to any inquiries as to when or if he had changed his mind. Mid Sept the owner and operator of DR and DVTV said in a vlog he had gotten no concerns or communications about “audism” within DVTV. Oct 2 the owner and operator of DR and DVTV agreed in a VP chat that he would add cultural group and disability to the guidelines in DR. Oct 3 the owner and operator of DR and DVTV replies in an email “need to sit down and revise both guidelines this week. thanks patti”  It is October 22 and it still has not been added.

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Vlog re: boycotting DVTV – sept 17

Cheryl of Ma shared her concerns about the Deaf read blogging that had no ASL form – i will try to vlog something tmw but in the mean time folks can see the vlog i made on boycotting DVTV at: http://www.youtube.com/user/pdurr#p/u/4/I2MFcYXsQz4 (made on Sept 17)

Thank you Cheryl for vlogging about this

peace

patti

Facts and Patience – my last post in the old People of the Eye deafread url

NOTE the old People of the eye at dr will be wiped out next week – everything is now over here

Peace

patti

The Facts and Patience – DeafRead and doing the right thing

Posted by pdurr on Oct 20th, 2009

Hi all

patience is not my strong point but i did check back to see when i had first started advocating for audism in the guidelines of DR and i have stuff going back to June 2008 (via my blog entries) and July 2008 (via emails to the owner and operator of DR)- one year and 3 mo ago. i had advocated over the past year that disability, culture, and language be added to the DR Guideline #8, which presently identifies 6 groups but not disabled or Deaf ASL folks.

The current guidelines state:

“We will not post anything that is an attack on a specific race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orienation, age or religion. This offense is serious and the offending blog will be promptly considered for removal from DeafRead’s subscription.”

Thus racism, sexism, heterosexualism, ageism, and religious persecution are not tolerated in DR – free speech is RIGHTFULLY restricted by DR if a b/vlog carries any of the above – they wont run the post.

its not always easy to gauge if a person is being attacked based on race, gender, ethnicity…. but blog and vlog aggregators make a commitment to say “hey that ain’t cool here”

from time to time over the year i resumed more discussions on this topic of adding audism to the guidelines with the owner and operator of DR / DVTV- in person, via email etc

FACT:
this past summer after some very positive emailing re: getting audism into the guidelines of DR and DVTV – on July 1 i got an email from the owner and operator of DR / DVTV which stated:
“i have a lot of things going on and am juggling them all! i’ll add audism in the guidelines — try to do this today!!! yay!!!”

Weeks went by and weeks went by and still no audism or the other terms added to the guideline – sent a few emails asking when it would be added

Months go by – So i email – have you changed your mind? If you have pls let me know so I can remove my blog from DR and start blogging and remain in boycott

DVTV walk out happens in Sept – the owner and operator of DR and DVTV vlogs that NO ONE had ever emailed him about “audism” being an issue re: DR and DVTV and guidelines

What? huh?

FACT: I had been in communication with the owner and operator of DR and DVTV for over 1 year about getting audism into the guidelines and i was even told it would be added.

I follow up with the owner and operator of DR / DVTV to say – im really confused about why you said in your vlog no one had communicated with you an concerns about audism – we email a bit and Videophone on Oct 2 where i confirm my understanding “so you will be adding culture and disability to DR guideline 8 and the owner says YES. On Oct 3 i send an email saying Thank you for adding culture and disability to DR guidelines – look forward to blogging again in DR to which the owner and operator of DVTV/DR replies “need to sit down and revise both guidelines this week. thanks patti”

I wait and i wait and i wait again. i had good faith it would be added as promised.

NOTHING

i have made it clear that I love and support DR/DVTV

All of the comments from the owner and operator of DR/DVTV and an editor on this subject yesterday and today appear to indicate DR / DVTV will not be adding audism or equivalent to the guidelines and i have been misinformed by the past correspondence that said it was going to be added.

I respectfully request that the people of the eye entries no longer be drawn down into the Deafread aggregator

Folks who are interested in this site – feel free to RSS feed / subscribe. http://handeyes.wordpress.com/ – ill make it prettier soon. I think i found the import buttons in word press so everything should migrate over just fine

Biggest thanks to all the folks who emailed me with tips and offers of help and words of support and wisdom. Ya da best! mwah!

a few more facts:
- there is no protest being planned by a group of extremists in the bay area – its a HOAX – like some others that have been spread by the “reliable source”
- its a shame that folks in DR promote falsehoods and put a pall over the celebration of the selection of the 10th president of Gallaudet
- crediting the AG Bell dorm name coming down to two people is an insult to all the faculty, staff, students and community members who invested their time and good courage in sharing their thoughts and concerns via campus dialogue via open emails and open forums, diminishes the importance of the 1,000+ signatures on the petition, overlooks the folks who labored long and hard over this one with much at risk.
- i am not an extremist – I am committed to social justice via peaceful direct confrontation – ya know like those other radicals MLK Jr and Gandhi.

I do not want DR / DVTV to die – i do not say that they are dying. I do want audism to be eradicated as best we possibly can aim for. It will always be here but we much each do our part to reduce it.

I can not stay in DR / DVTV in good conscience if it continually declines to have Deaf ASL and disabled folks be added to the listing of specific groups – race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orienation, age or religion – protected against attacks by DR

Wishing DR and DVTV much much peace – true peace

To all – i want you to know i really do cherish the owner and operator of DVTV and DeafRead as well as the editors. I do not support any attacks against them.

Challenge – firm with love. I wish they were not committed to OMITTING culture and disability or audism in the guideline

No death of the spirit folks – we gonna stand up for that which is right, just, and good

NOTE: my entry here says “I” a great deal because i do not want to speak for others; however, it is VERY important to note that many folks have been in boycott of DR and DVTV for a long time.

Be well

Peace –

Patti