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Posted by Ed Seedhouse on 06/04/07 15:41
On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:58:24 -0700, cwdjrxyz <spamtrap2@cwdjr.info>
wrote:
>A few months ago a woman, who appeared very well
>qualified, was selected to head the leading university for deaf people
>in the US. She apparently could use and understand sign language very
>well. However she was not deaf. Many of the students did not think a
>non-deaf person could be qualified, no matter what other
>qualifications were. There were large student demonstrations. In the
>end someone else was given the job. I repeat this story here not to
>argue the merits of it pro or con.
While the events happened much as you say, I believe your timing is a
little out. Try a few *years*. The revolt at Gallaudet University
demanding a deaf president occured in 1988, if Wikipedia is correct, and
assuming that's the one you are talking about. That's a "few years" to
old folks like me.
There was a more recent one in 2006, but the issue was that the *deaf*
president does not sign well enough.
Other references seem to agree with Wikipedia. See for instance
http://pr.gallaudet.edu/dpn/index3.html
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