DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, May 5, 2016
-- Deaf Rallies, successful or unsuccessful
Was the Deaf Rally successful? Yes, because it
reached all state capitols. Unsuccessful?
Well, legislators look at number of participants,
not at our issues. If a rally attracted few
participants, the legislators would just ignore
it! The two Gallaudet Deaf President Now
protests attracted very high numbers of
participants, much higher than yesterday's
numbers. A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/poster-carries-strong-message/
-- hearing person becomes deaf and mute
Deaf people have always been called deaf mute,
even if some have perfect speech. Well,
in the independent movie "My Father Die"
the main character became deaf - and - mute
at the age of 12 because of injury in a fight.
Did he also lose his ability to talk or
was the writer simply saying that all deaf
people are also deaf mutes?
-- a big corporation is very angry
A big corporation is very angry at 50 Cent for
mocking a deaf man, and posting a picture of
him on Instagram. The angry corporation
is EFFEN Vodka, which has a contract with
50 Cent to appear on magazine and media ads.
EFFEN Vodka owns Beam-Suntory, Jim Beam,
Courvoisier, Makers Mark, etc. This
company is thinking of ending its business
relationship with 50 Cent, saying his actions
is a major embarrassment.
Latest deaf jobs:
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- Contradiction, Deaf Father and Hearing Son
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
05/01/16 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
