The video, Deaf Ideology by Marika Kovacs-Houlihan, starts off by defining the term “Deaf”. Marika points out the term Deaf stimulates numerous questions in people’s minds such as “Can she hear?” or “Can she speak?”. These questions and thoughts lead to the topic of ideology. Ideology is a set of beliefs or ideas of a specific culture. Throughout the video, she explains that the ideologies some people have are limited. Marika gave numerous examples on how ideology is limited and suppressed, such as asking a question at the front desk and receiving special help because she is Deaf. Another example is being treated differently at school because sign language was discouraged and now allowed to be in use. Even when discussing career options, it leads to the thought that Deaf people can’t have a choice in their …show more content…
It’s stigmatized for many things like being uneducated, isolated, living without language and more. While watching this video, I couldn’t help but realize that I already supported the Deaf culture. My ideology was already well -mannered and respected even before I had the slightest idea on what the Deaf culture was all about. I completely agreed and supported everything Marika discussed in the video. The main thing that really hit me in this video was when she brought up on how we should expand our ideologies and react differently. I found this to be completely, one hundred percent true. Everyone should follow this statement and live by it every day because we all are human and humans should be treated with respect and fairness just like the rest of the world.
In the second video, On Becoming Hearing: Lessons in Limitations, Loss, and Respect by Dirksen Bauman, begins by giving a short biography on himself. He had a regular childhood and he grew up with a good life and then all of a sudden everything changed for him. Bauman realized at age twenty one that he is hearing. He didn’t become hearing nor did he ever lose his hearing. However, he