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The basis of discrimination against blacks is twofold. Originally it may have just been skin color, but more people are accepting of blacks who meld with mainstream culture now than blacks who identify strongly with Black American culture (hip-hop culture). Put a black guy in a suit next to a...

The recurring theme seems to be related to CI professional discouraging parents from teaching ASL to babies. This is exclusive from the CI itself. CI and ASL can exist at the same time. So your argument is about persuading the Medical and CI community to encourage deaf born to learn ASL in...

I used to live in Michigan, had typical midwest winters (lots of snow). We moved here to Seattle about 4 years ago now and the winters are just awesome. I think I've seen 6 days of snow total over the last 4 years. Last winter was really great, we had days in the 60s and not as much rain and...

It just came around a blind curve on a mountain pass going the speed limit (50 mph) and it turns out there's a large gathering of people in the road because there was an accident. The car knows it can't stop in time (it did the math) and the only way to avoid the collision is veering off the...

I can't imagine what sort of technology that'd be since Black culture isn't about a physical aspect and is instead just a superficial set of cultural norms. It's based on my observations. I haven't yet found a research study to give me hard stats. I measure success in both wealth and happiness...

What other option is there? what would you propose? Pushing against a medical procedure isn't going to get you anywhere unless there's a safety or quality of life reason to not get it and you're a medical professional or researcher of some sort with some clout. I don' tknow, these are the stats...

Canvas, you have to understand where folks are coming from. There are lots of attempts to make money off of Deaf. Every day new posts pop up that are trying to do just that. That's why you got jumped on. The community has history. I don't think you have a zero chance of making amends, though...

We assimilates blacks in a different way. There is certainly black culture, but we push blacks to assimilate into mainstream white culture. We do this with foreigners too. The ones who do, succeed fairly frequently. But you don't see professional blacks speaking in black culture slang, dressing...

Screw the "professionals", be vocal enough and parents will hear. There are plenty who already go this route, learn ASL with their deaf baby, even though they also have a CI. I get that, but early implantation leads to more opportunity than later in life implantation. Especially for profoundly...

Oh Kirk would somehow save everyone and also end up hooking up with the pretty ladies he saved I would think. I think the idea is that the lone person is also tied up; and yes, it's a very old question. I copy and pasted it from Wikipedia to get it exactly correct as it was written. I think I...

My grandparents lived there while I was growing up, so we went there semi-frequently. The heat, the bugs, the humidity, hurricanes; I prefer a more temperate climate. Florida isn't a bad place to visit, but it's just too much heat and humidity for me to want to stay. Also Palmetto bugs...

I agree, but it could have been an innocent mistake. Sometimes people feel more comfortable online than they should when entering a new online community. They don't know that this community is somewhat close-knit, they might just think it's a general posting board or something where that type of...

This seems to be the way it is now. I think the government, and financial institutions need to come up with a better way to identify people. A 9 digit number (SSN) isn't exactly a great way to identify people. We need better ways to ID people when they're applying for loans, opening credit...

That's one heck of a vacation! I don't live in Florida, but I've been there on vacation. Can't say it made me want to stay, but I get the appeal.

Someone who is just starting to learn ASL isn't a threat to Deaf babies. The school that would hire someone who isn't fluent in ASL would be the threat. Any parent should research a school before enrolling their children. CanvasOfThoughts isn't a real threat. The problem with her post is that...

Parents should learn sign. That's what you should be pushing for instead of against CI. Push for learning ASL. Be pro Deaf culture in a way that doesn't alienate an ever growing population of people. Pushing for ASL takes a positive approach and there are strong pro-ASL arguments that you can...

I'm on a tablet now so quoting super failed. It's not the same as making blacks white, and skin color doesn't dictate culture. It's giving a sense back to a kid born without it. The surgery actually makes them stand out more, makes their deafness more visible. Then teaching them 2 languages (I...

I was referring to your argument in the simplest form "they come for our children" This isn't up to the doctors, it's up to the parents. I don't care what they recommend. Whether or not you get a CI doens't mean they will change their recommendation. The parents need to make this decision...

I think they take some skull bone away for the implant. Might not be always though, and different implants do have different surgeries.

But Hoichi, you can be Deaf with a CI or two. CIs don't deny entry into Deaf culture. Upbringing and opportunities do that.