On Deafness

Although I am deaf myself, I’m not really proud of it. It serves several obstacles and miserable periods in time for me. Limited access to jobs, public, social, and military are examples. I never wanted, nor asked for it. Though one might argue that it is God’s will, I can refute that one. It is these man-made vaccine that crippled my life from outside life.

But this is not about my life, as you shall read. I am not here to type about my life. I am here to criticize the deaf culture. I will list top 10 reasons why I am ashamed of deaf culture itself in some aspects, when compared to larger and wider societies.

10. Less intelligent. Most of us are unintelligent. I find it hard to talk to deaf friends about politics and other subjects sometimes. However, I do see that deaf people who were raised in hearing families are usually more entertained and talkable.

9. Socially inept. Some of them have little common sense or understanding of life when it comes to drama or social life. Usually rude or like to get their popularity scenes out on the front. I call these ADHD. 

8. Chiefdom. Culturally similar to blacks and American Indians, they reside in one of minorities world. Hence, they form in some kind of gangs or groups that have common identity against majority.

7. Motivation. Too many of deaf individuals are lazy or unmotivated, let alone underachieved.

6. Arrogant. They’re full of pride people. “Deaf pride” is such a silly, foolish thing for me. It is similar to black pride that went against public, such as Black Power from 1970s.

5. Inability to understand their society stands in America. Many are unaware of their own social stands or social status. Although that is debatable in part because naivety and innocence might enjoy life better than highly educated ones.

4. Small world. Since deaf is a small world, it is unbalanced and unstable. The last three top list will underline the reason of unbalanced and unstable.

3. Homosexuality. It is far more likely for a deaf individual to become homosexual. As stated in number 5, they are unaware of social status in society. I know some deaf individuals who are homosexuals, or at least experimented. In contrast to hearing people, I know few or none.

2. Criminals-ridden, drugs-ridden. Drugs are much far more likely in deaf world. Because their world is small and insignificant, the community is easily infested with drugs and criminal gangs. Foreign deaf immigrants might account for these in a much higher percentage than deaf Americans.

1. Immorality. Some of them might lead immoral life much more. No moral understandings of biblical or social friendship undermine that. Perhaps religious teachings were absent from their early life for that reason.