Wha? Deaf Gene Pool?

Steve said:
Heh! After exchanging names the next question asked is, "What Deaf School did you go to?" After I tell them I went to public schools, they reply, "Oh" and walk off in search of a "true" Deaf person. :roll:
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Exactly, it happened to me before when I went to this Deaf club and I didn't know half of the people there, well I should say MOST of the people there and when some of them asked me what school I went to, and I said public school, they just stood there quietly and then walked away....

My second thought was did I say something that offend them in any way?... :confused:

I personally don't see a big deal of what school they may went, or who they married/date a hearing person, have hearing children or whether or not they use their voice or sign only....Some Deaf people need to relax and stop being so darn rude....

Also it is very rare to see Deaf people doing that NOW, but back then, I have seen them doing that to other Deaf people....I just hope they don't take this Deaf pride sooooooo seriously! Good Grief..
 
Geez... Thats how all of my friends from Michigan School for the Deaf did that until they met my best friend, Gabrielle and they told me that they really likes her ALOT.. I told them that shes from Public School and hang out with alot hearing friends... Shes 100% deaf... But got CI when shes 16 yrs old... They just stand there and quiet and I asked them that they have problem with it? They said no non o then they started stop and started friends with ANYBODY.. I felt better alot but they can be immature sometime with hearing people for world and such like that... Im sort of sick of it... Right now, Im dating with my sweetie, Robert which he is hearing and Im deaf... It is not bother me... But during I was in Michigan School for the Deaf, I used to be stay away from Hearing and dont feel comfortable with hearing people and such like that, image that I have mostly hearing family... Until Gabrielle made me to go out with her and her hearing friends until I started like to hang out with Hearing people and I thank Gabrielle for that... I hope mostly Deaf people will understand abt Hearing... Also, some of them said abt rules for deaf and hearing and I ingored them and they should try to learn abt Hearing and Hearing can learn abt them too..

Also I have a friend named Bertram Waston something, I forgot ha... He is famous dancer and sing... Hes WONDERFUL! He told me about his goals and I like his goals, he want to put deaf people and hearing people in a world to getting along and no problems and such like that, but I can give you his website to check it and such like that, just pm me or ask me ok? Thanks *grins*
 
Actually if my memory from anthropology serves me right,
by marrying a hearing you are radiating the deafness gene through a gene drift (IE: Black Americans during Vietnam war have fathered black Vietnameses and thus created a gene drift because the genes of black were introduced to Asian genes...the hybrid offsprings now have more potential to give birth to black OR/AND*this depends on the dominant and recessive genes of either parent* vietnamese... the same idea is applied with deafness genes introducing to hearing genes).
By marrying a deaf person you are creating a bottleneck, evolution-wise, of deaf genes because there is no room to radiate the deafness gene which in turn reduce its potential and possible numbers of deaf offsprings.

Something of intelligence and sciences for you to spat right back into those frowned faces.

*DISCLAIMER: I am not saying that it is bad to marry a deaf person but this scienfic claim is sure revoking you to think about those deaf militants that are so reserved for their own "species" when ironically their "deaf-only" goal have restricted their number of deaf offsprings. It is impossible to predict the number of deaf offsprings because there are SO many other genes to consider when one tries to factor in the domainness or recessiveness of an existing deaf gene*
 
^Angel^ said:
Exactly, it happened to me before when I went to this Deaf club and I didn't know half of the people there, well I should say MOST of the people there and when some of them asked me what school I went to, and I said public school, they just stood there quietly and then walked away....

My second thought was did I say something that offend them in any way?... :confused:

I personally don't see a big deal of what school they may went, or who they married/date a hearing person, have hearing children or whether or not they use their voice or sign only....Some Deaf people need to relax and stop being so darn rude....

Also it is very rare to see Deaf people doing that NOW, but back then, I have seen them doing that to other Deaf people....I just hope they don't take this Deaf pride sooooooo seriously! Good Grief..
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yea remember the "DEAF POWER" shit!?!? that really turned me off.. sheesh!
 
Well I am married to a hearing man.

I am deaf myself and my family is deaf too due to hereditary traits. Tim has deafness in his family too although he had no experience with deaf people when we met. We have a wonderful marriage and of course, learn about hearing life and deaf life, etc.

Our genetic counselor said we have 60% chance of having a deaf child. Landon is hearing now, but we are watching him closely if he turns deaf eventually, like my sister who turned deaf at 2.

A lot of people do look at me, puzzled, that I chose to marry a hearing man, but I fell in love with him. Im happy, and its all about being willing to be patient with each other and willing to learn.
 
*exhaling before I type*

Growing up, I have always been subjected to idiotic prejudices of other deaf people. I was subjected to name calling, harsh judgements, and negative gossip simply because I didnt grow up in schools for the deaf.

When I married my now ex husband, I was subjected to hostile opinions of other deafies. Some deaf men actually told my ex husband that he is a loser for using me or taking me away from them. Some deaf people actually pulled me away and whispered to me that my ex was just feeling sorry for me or using me because I am deaf. My ex husband was very excited at first to learn about Deaf culture and take up ASL. But he faced so many barriers that he finally gave up. He gave up on going to deaf events with me. It was actually destroying what we had.

I could go on, Magastu but I know you get the drift. There will ALWAYS be stupid and ignorant people out there who are territorial and react like morons. You are an intelligent young man and I am sure that deaf women feel threatened that you are dating a hearing woman, not them.

I now no longer care what deaf people think of me because it is always a catch 22 situation ..whatever i do, i m damned or if i do that, im damned as well.
 
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