{"id":17802,"date":"2012-02-28T01:31:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T06:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=17802"},"modified":"2012-02-28T02:22:12","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T07:22:12","slug":"uh-holds-qa-with-deaf-african-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/02\/28\/uh-holds-qa-with-deaf-african-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"UH holds Q&A with deaf African Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"

UH holds Q&A with deaf African Americans<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moderator: Event highlights previously unknown subculture in community<\/p>\n

By Tristan Tippet<\/p>\n

Published on: Monday, February 27, 2012<\/p>\n

As part of the final celebration of Black History Month, UH\u2019s College
\nof Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, the UH American Sign Language
\nInterpreting Program and the Communication Axess Ability Group hosted a
\npanel discussion featuring five deaf black men Saturday.<\/p>\n

The event, called \u201cUntold Stories of Black Deaf Men,\u201d consisted of a
\npanel moderator relaying questions to the five guests in sign language
\nand their respective responses being relayed via interpreters.<\/p>\n

The goal of this discussion was to highlight these fascinating people,
\nwho hardly get any exposure at all, said assistant professor Sharon
\nGrigsby Hill, who moderated the discussion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I think we accomplished was exposing people to a hidden part of a
\ncommunity \u2026 that people don\u2019t even know exists,\u201d Hill said. \u201cPeople
\naren\u2019t even aware that there\u2019s a culture of sorts and a language of
\nsorts and that within that community, you have this subgroup of black
\nindividuals who have their own unique sign styles, their own identity
\nissues, their own issues with discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n

UH has the only bachelor\u2019s program\u00a0in ASL interpreting in Texas, Hill
\nsaid.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an educational institution that is training individuals that
\nare going to go out and interpret and now they have a broader
\nexperience, they have exposure to this community, norms, languages,
\nterms and so we raise it for them and the community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The tone of the discussion wasn\u2019t sorrowful but upbeat and occasionally
\nhumorous.<\/p>\n

Marcus Sylvester, a graduate of Barbara Jordan High School in Houston,
\nrecalled an incident in which a white interpreter was struggling to
\ninterpret a rap song, and it turned into a comical disaster.<\/p>\n

Hill said another goal of the discussion was to reveal the personality
\nand sense of humor of these individuals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think culturally, it\u2019s a part of black culture that we deal with the
\nissues of oppression and pain,\u201d Hill said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a typical part of our culture that even though we delve into
\nthese painful things, there\u2019s still a lot of joking and laughing, and I
\nthink that it\u2019s normal for anyone dealing with oppression or the abuse
\nof power to try to find some humor and laughter, because that\u2019s often
\nthe best medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/thedailycougar.com\/2012\/02\/27\/uh-holds-qa-with-deaf-african-americans\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UH holds Q&A with deaf African Americans Moderator: Event highlights previously unknown subculture in community By Tristan Tippet Published on: Monday, February 27, 2012 As part of the final celebration of Black History Month, UH\u2019s College of Liberal Arts and…<\/p>\n

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