Gallaudet Professor Creates Historical Change

VIDEO: Gallaudet Professor Creates Historical Change. (Captioned)



NBC 4 WRC. Dr. Carolyn McCaskill, a professor of Deaf studies at Gallaudet University, has seen firsthand the pressures of being black in America pressure made worse because she is Deaf.



But even without a voice she's spoken out, in a book she co-authored with Dr. Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley and Joseph Hill. News4's Seth Lemon reports.

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Harlem Reacts To 'Harlem Shake' Videos

Viral Video: Harlem Reacts to 'Harlem Shake' Videos (Captioned)



Street interviews with members of the Harlem community, and their views about the popular 'Harlem Shake' video trend and infamous music by: Baauer's Harlem Shake



For the Record, only 2 people interviewed did not make the final cut. One because the microphone was off. And the other because they only spoke for 30 secs. No one was omitted because they did not fit the 'mold'. This is what the people who stopped to talk with us had to say. We did not 'target' anyone. All pedestrians walking by were welcome to stop and talk. These are the people who stopped to talk with us.



Videos shown to participants included versions from DizastaMusic, TheSunnyCoastSkate, & PHLOn NAN.

Video by SchleppFilms



Shot & Edited By Chris McGuire

Sound by John Farmakis



Song 'Headspin Long'

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About 'The Harlem Shake' (Wikipedia):



The Harlem Shake is a dance that originally began in Harlem, New York. Since its beginnings it has spread to other urban areas and became popular in music videos.



The announcers at the Entertainer's Basketball Classic at Rucker Park will tell you that the modern day Harlem Shake was started by a man by the name of "Al B" (nickname Sisqo or Cisco). Al B was an alcoholic that would do the dance upon request. Because of its founder, the dance was originally called the "albee" in Rucker and Harlem, but then later became known as the Harlem Shake. ... Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_shake_%28meme%29

What Is It Like To Be DEAF ?

VIDEO: What is it like to be DEAF? (Captioned)



This vlog is to educate the hearing people and help spread the awareness about our Deaf culture.



The vlog part two coming soon but If you have any stories to share what you or someone you know went through similiar experience and want to make a VLOG please contact us deffamiliavision@gmail.com - Def Familia.

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Black American Sign Language and American Sign Language Are Different Languages

THE WASHINTON POST - Sign language that African Americans use is different from that of Whites.



Carolyn McCaskill remembers exactly when she discovered that she couldn’t understand white people. It was 1968, she was 15 years old, and she and nine other Deaf black students had just enrolled in an integrated school for the Deaf in Talledega, Ala.



When the teacher got up to address the class, McCaskill was lost. “I was dumbfounded,” McCaskill recalls through an interpreter. “I was like, ‘What in the world is going on?’ ”



The teacher’s quicksilver hand movements looked little like the sign language McCaskill had grown up using at home with her two Deaf siblings and had practiced at the Alabama School for the Negro Deaf and Blind, just a few miles away. It wasn’t a simple matter of people at the new school using unfamiliar vocabularly; they made hand movements for everyday words that looked foreign to McCaskill and her fellow black students.



So, McCaskill says, “I put my signs aside.” She learned entirely new signs for such common nouns as “shoe” and “school.” She began to communicate words such as “why” and “don’t know” with one hand instead of two as she and her black friends had always done. She copied the white students who lowered their hands to make the signs for “what for” and “know” closer to their chins than to their foreheads. And she imitated the way white students mouthed words at the same time as they made manual signs for them.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/sign-language-that-african-americans-use-is-different-from-that-of-whites/2012/09/17/2e897628-bbe2-11e1-8867-ecf6cb7935ef_story.html



Sources: www.washingtonpost.com

Deaf Black Culture in Film Social Awareness Movement

Deaf Black Culture in Film Social Awareness Movement @ Tyler Perry Studios.



The mission is simple:



• To spread and increase awareness about the lack of Deaf African-American actors cast in roles in the mainstream movie industry and in television.



• To increase recognition for Deaf Talents of Color who are performers, sign language & culture coaches, stuntmen, filmmakers, directors, producers, writers, cinematographers, etc. in the mainstream movie industry and in television.



Learn more about the cause. http://micascoop.com To make a donation, click in here!

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Deaf Black Students Beaten By Cops During Stop

BELLEVILLE, NJ (PIX11) - Deaf black students say they were manhandled by police.



The East Coast's Stop and Frisk law allowed New Jersey cops to stop a group of deaf black teenagers and harass them. A group of deaf men, on summer vacation from a Trenton trade school for the hearing-impaired, said they were stopped and manhandled by cops in Belleville, New Jersey Tuesday.



20 year old Isiah Isaac used “sign language” to tell the story to PIX 11 through his mother and brother. “It was six cars that surrounded them,” Isaac’s mother, Frances, said—as she followed his sign language in the family living room. “He said all the cop cars came over and blocked them in.”



17 year old Domonique Isaac—Isiah’s brother—said he was the only one of six, young men in the car who could hear. The driver, he said, was deaf—and got out of the car to fetch his l icense from a bag in the trunk. Isaac said, “The passenger (in the front) tried to get out and explain to the officer that he’s deaf. The driver ended up on the other side of the car and they slammed him in the passenger’s seat. When he slammed him in, that’s when I tried telling him, ‘He’s deaf, he’s deaf.’”



Read more: http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-deaf-black-students-say-they-were-manhandled-by-police-20120829,0,4469939.story



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US Police Brutalize, Terrorize African-Americans

Video: US police brutalize, terrorize African-Americans.



The death of a young black man while handcuffed in the back of a police car, a Deaf woman arrested by police and put in jail after she called 911 to get help, a cop caught on camera hitting a handcuffed man and the lynching of a black teenager by White supremacists.



These are all real stories and among many coming from the US. On this edition of News Analysis we're asking what's gone wrong.

Video by PressTVGlobalNews

Reflections Of A Black Deaf Women Interview With Michelle A. Banks

Video: Reflections of a black Deaf women interview with Michelle A. Banks in American Sign Language.



"Michelle Banks-Deaf African American Entertainer,is a busy young woman who has exhibited "outstanding leadership" in the arena of Black Deaf entertainment and culture.



She was the first Deaf student to study drama at the State University of New York. She established the first (and only!)



Deaf theater of color: Onyx Theater. She is one of a "rare breed": a Black Deaf actress featured in a Black television show on a cable network ("Soul Food" on Showtime).

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In addition, Michelle has toured several U.S. cities in her one-woman show, "Reflections of A Black Deaf Woman" and has appeared in movies and on stage (one role was in the recent revival of "Big River" featuring a unique cast with both hearing and Deaf performers). Starting at age three, Michelle was schooled on the Gallaudet campus.

9/11 - 10 Years Later - Are They Ready For Deaf People ?

Video: 9/11 - 10 Years Later - Are They Ready For Deaf People? 9/11 Fear in silence: The forgotten underdogs in ASL/captioned.



New York - 9/11 was covered from every perspective except ours, the Deaf survivors. Best Produced Documentary by Ann Marie "Jade" Bryan.



The film disclose issues and concerns about our quest for resolutions to the City and Government to improve equal access within the NYC MTA transit system that failed to meet the needs of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing commuters, evacuation designed safe areas under the subway stations for both the Deaf and Hard of Hearing people, the Deaf-Blind and people with disabilities, 9-1-1 accessible emergency procedures, emergency preparedness for immediate evacuation, information on alert systems, accessible emergency communication and notification within the law enforcement, hospitals, and fire department all within the city, state and federal operating system.

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The list goes on. "When information is 'not accessible' for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing people, then ignorance kills, silence kills, fear kills, and neglect kills. INFORMATION IS POWER," quoted Jade. Go to site for more information or order the complete film: http://911fearinsilence.info/

Deaf Women Everywhere - The Pearls Special

Video" Deaf Women Everywhere - The Pearls Special.



"The Pearls" recognized outstanding Deaf women across America on June 4, 2011. These Deaf women deserve the honor and have been extraordinary in their respective categories: First Ofs/Founders, Advocates, Artists, Businesswomen, and Hidden Pearls.

Video by TheMProjects



The private affair will be broadcasted via: http://themprojects.com/thepearls/special/



Several years ago Sheena McFeely, founder of "The Pearls," watched Oprah's television special, "The Legends," where Oprah honored outstanding African American women who serve as great role models in their professions. This inspired Sheena to establish "The Pearls".



Deaf people can do anything except hear!

The Silence of Baseball - My Generation

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Deaf baseball player Curtis Pride beats the odds and coaches' young hearing-impaired ball players.

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