Deaf culture

American Deaf Culture: The Deaf Perspective - Part One - Deaf Heritage

I thought that this video was very enlightening and gave me a rare glimpse into deaf culture. The video started off by having individual deaf people talk about how they felt about deaf culture and deaf heritage. Some of the things that they said were very interesting, like how deaf people are no longer just participating in exclusively deaf activities but branching out into the rest of society. Someone else pointed out how deaf people today are much more willing to spread out geographically, doing more traveling outside of their community and out of the country. Another talked about how in San Francisco(where these people lived) the hearing community recognized the sign language really well, and this makes the deaf community seem a little more respected and important.