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 (DIR) Post #B8y3bEMzb4hGIJL5k0 by RachelThornSub@famichiki.jp
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       RE: https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev/117025751023576699Really hard to appreciate this when you know that:1) Bell's wife was #Deaf, and his reaction to her deafness was to2) wage a global campaign against Sign Language and to promote forced vocalization/so-called "lip reading."Bell created a nightmare for Deaf people literally across the globe, and amends have yet to be properly made.Fuck Alexander Graham Bell to Hell. 1/3RT: https://mastodon.social/users/publicdomainrev/statuses/117025751023576699
       
 (DIR) Post #B8y3bGyHvNiaMYnu9Q by RachelThornSub@famichiki.jp
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       In Japan, to this day, "kindergarten" for Deaf Japanese children is a form of torture for both child and parent. They are forced to spend hours learning to vocalize and "read lips."An elderly Deaf Japanese woman once gave a presentation to our Japanese Sign Language club about growing up in the era of sign language suppression and eugenics. (Until the mid-1990s, Japanese Deaf people were sterilized without their knowledge or consent.) 2/3
       
 (DIR) Post #B8y3bJ428zVCqxVWNs by RachelThornSub@famichiki.jp
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       She had us try to read her lips while she mouthed common Japanese words. There are countless words that sound different yet look the same to someone trying to read lips. This is probably even more true in Japanese, since hearing Japanese people simply don't move their lips much when they talk. (Japanese doesn't have many sounds that require distinctive shaping of the mouth.) 3/3
       
 (DIR) Post #B8y3bL94PEifJ9sZVo by RachelThornSub@famichiki.jp
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       "She deserved better. She's pretty"!? Imagine thinking this is in any way an appropriate response. Mrs. Bell's conventional attractiveness is the reason she deserved better!? I never blocked anyone as quickly as I blocked this asshole.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8y3bLGVxYfrgFMW7E by RachelThornSub@famichiki.jp
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       It is hard to grasp the global influence of Bell in the early 20th century. Go anywhere in the world, find a Deaf person, ask what they think of Alexander Graham Bell, and watch the reaction. Age is irrelevant. Deaf people around the world will never forget what Bell did to their grandparents, their parents, themselves. The image gap between hearing and Deaf people of Bell around the world is a gaping chasm.