Others such as Philip Zazove (1993) fought to get into medical schools. Highly qualified deaf people who dreamed of becoming medical doctors were denied entry into medical schools (see Donald Ballantyne’s example below). As Nora the authors of this book were growing up, it was unheard of for deaf people to become medical doctors. This because they can’t hear! In the United was on Martha’s Vineyard, where there States, deaf people have been driving was a high incidence of hereditary deaf- for decades, although in some countries, ness starting in the 18th century through they are still not allowed to drive. Deaf people ingly, there was one place where hearing have been asked if they can drive a car people saw deaf people as normal. This is a typical response because (2000) wrote that his parents, who com- people generally do not understand what municated using sign language, had to deaf people can do and how Deaf people prove to others that they could do what can see themselves as normal. In the late 1900s, Lennard Davis ability. So if they dents (Branson & Miller, 2002), a perfect meet a signing deaf person for the first example of oppression in which an unjust time, they probably will see that person exercise of power serves to keep people as “different” or as a person with a dis- down. They do not think of people who were often assigned to teach weaker stu- are “different” from themselves. And during that period, deaf teachers in different countries usu- When the word normal pops up, people ally were paid less than hearing teachers usually will think of others like them- who taught in schools for the deaf and selves. Yet, at the same time, deaf peo- ple were often described as “incomplete” Forms of Discrimination (Mottez, 1993). Why does in Paris, France, to discuss critical issues this keep happening again and again? of the day.
selves, and their ability to stand up for For example, in the 1800s, prominent themselves in the face of discrimination Deaf people organized famous banquets and oppression, as Shanna did. As a result, deaf people have had to show their resilience, their confidence in them- However, this was not so elsewhere. We have dis- with deaf people and sometimes even cussed this problem throughout the book. Hearing people comfortably interacted that hearing people can do. Groce (1985) explains it, everyone on Used with permission. 182 Deaf Culture: Exploring Deaf Communities in the United States Figure 7–1.
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