DeafDigest - 06 October 2021

DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - October 6, 2021 -- Miss America Pageant forced to change Activists demanded that the Miss America pageant rules be changed to accommodate diversity among its contestants. Heather Whitestone, who was deaf, won the pageant in 1995 while it followed tradition for years. The tradition meant she was not "allowed" to use ASL while competing. But in a private interview with DeafDigest editor, she was openly using ASL. Her chaperone entered the room during the intereview and frowned on her use of ASL. At any rate she won before diversity changes were made!   -- deaf musicians not on the list A magazine listed 200 Most Influential Musicians of the Last 25 Years. Our most influential deaf musician right now is Evelyn Glennie. She is not on the list! Flawed criteria for selecting these musicians? Yes.   -- deaf person with special skills Jie-Jhou Li, who is deaf, owns his wood carving business. This business is into fourth generation with his family, and the owner is teaching skills to his son, to continue into a fifth generation. DeafDigest editor knows of a deaf wood carver (part time hobby) that was commisioned to carve into wood the town emblem.   Deaf jobs - latest update http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/ 10/03/21 Blue and Gold editions & sub options at: http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/

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