Perspective: How America developed two sign languages — one white, one black
Felecia Redd always communicates more than the words she hears when interpreting in sign language. She enlarges and dramatizes her gestures when conveying the soaring rhetoric of a black preacher. She shifts her facial expressions to reflect a speaker’s emotions and vocal styles.Redd, who is black but was taught to sign by white teachers, said she did what came naturally, not thinking about the racial aspect of her signing.
“I’m always told by deaf African Americans, ‘I am black first; then I’m deaf,’” Redd said. “White deaf people are deaf first and then white.”Language & Life Project Those questions prompted lively interaction among students, teachers and interpreters who gathered last week at D.C.’sto watch the film and discuss it with a panel that included several people who were featured.
McCaskill’s code-switching remains a common experience for deaf black students, who often change to accommodate whites, according to Solimar Aponte-Huertas, a deaf student from Puerto Rico.
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