You neutral?

As deaf and hard-of-hearing people roll forth in life, they experience much.

And yet, many prefer to stay neutral.

This video shows the clear contrast between such attitudes and what's going on.




This video is dedicated to Terry Lewis Mackin, Jr.

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[crono15]

Okay, I want to comment on this video. One thing that does not make sense to me at all.

At 1:40, the deaf guy said that he got rejected for a volunteer job by the secretary. The main problem with this: The secretary appears not to be paying complete attention to what the deaf person was saying on the paper. It is apparent that this video is trying to create a false impression that he got rejected by the secretary person.

[bammerburn]

It isn't a volunteer job.

And she isn't a secretary, and she was definitely paying attention to Jamey enough to deliver the impression he wasn't wanted for the job. :)

The point that is being given in that scene is that deaf people are constantly being economically marginalized. Due to their linguistic and cultural status it is extremely difficult for them to find jobs, much less those in managerial and professional positions.

[Ryryrocks123]

I don't approve of these big ass comments. (Just saying)

[discpad]

Dumb fucker forgot to put captions in it... Good Video, though. Major League #FAIL!

[Skyfire73]

Man that was mess up..just because Amy is Deaf but she is Oral, she was rejected in the Deaf community in the bar. Or so it seems anyways, just because she doesn't know enough asl to communicate with the Deaf community.

[sinmoss]

Yeah what about the job discrimination even after you get hired for people with hearing loss and use hearing aids. Then the job discriminates because you can speak, but your hearing isn't up to par with normal hearing people, then they lay you off. Even though you maybe are more qualified than some of the hearing counterparts, you're still rejected over and over again. Is it truly and equal world or a world of segregation? I could relate with that woman in the bar, that feeling of where be.

[psychedelikat]

What this does is creates an atmosphere of total apathy. They think to themselves, "No one will hire me anyway, so why try?" In my experience, the VAST majority of deaf/HOH on SSDI/SSI want to work, but keep getting doors shut in their faces whenever they try. So, for people preach independence without offering a way to achieve it simply doesn't work. Before SSDI/SSI can be eliminated, attitudinal barriers must be eliminated.

[psychedelikat]

I am late deafened and have worked with deaf and HOH individuals in trying to find employment. The problem Jamey encounters here in this video is all too typical. Out of hundreds of applications my clients filled out, I would say maybe 10% resulted in call backs & even less than that resulted in actual jobs. Most employers backed off when they realized my qualified job seekers were deaf. I spent most of my time trying to educate these managers that my clients were, in fact, very skilled.

[seximami73]

AYFKM???? Just because you see a deaf person at a Wal-Mart every now and then doesn't mean it's easy. You can say that when you see a Deaf person at every other register....or maybe in your bank, stitching up your leg in the ER.

Then come talk to me!

[Nasher64]

Please note that you are identifying who is doing the complaining. It is the deaf people and you have done a lot of complaining, which enabled the government to pass the ADA laws and set up NTID in the spirit to help the deaf people reach the same attainable goals as the mainstream population.

What more could you demand from the government? You even got the "Deaf" to be considered as a disabled population, which is not true as we may not be able to hear but we can do everything other than that

[bammerburn]

I respect your opinion but it is ridiculous.

The vast majority of deaf people disagree with you on what you are saying.

On Facebook, where I also posted this video, many, many deaf people commented agreeing with it. American society is naturally inclined to discriminate against a minority that uses a different language, let alone a visual one.

So you say deaf people are just fine and dandy and shouldn't even complain at all. Awesome. Let that be your (quite rare) opinion.

[Nasher64]

In addition to your comment about Deaf people discriminated, this is rare and too far between. Not true as I've seen s many deaf people get hired into jobs. The government has already ran enough interference by passing ADA laws, Affirmative actions, and etc. I'm tired of the government trying to give special recognition to special interest group. We all pay our taxes, we're all equal. The gay movement is trying to get special recognition and they don't deserve any as straight people won't get it