Name: 私は馬鹿なのか？[CC] (Am I dumb? [CC])
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T10:55:34.000Z
Duration: 11 min 6 s
Description: VoiceTubeの動画で発音を聞きながら英語表現を覚えよう！学べる英語：

未来進行形

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On with today's video: a few weeks ago I was recording for Rick Edwards' podcast

'Who Says You Can't' and when we reached the end everyone in the room smiled, said

thank you, that went really well and one of the technicians asked whether there were any

lines we wanted to record again or anything we wanted cut.

I was happily about to say 'no' when my sign language interpreter lent over and voiced

I called myself 'dumb' for  forgetting something I think

In the age of the internet, with increasing awareness of diversity and inclusion, we know

we need to address racist, sexist, homophobic and classist language but ableist language

Maybe you don't realise but words like spaz, lame, crazy and retard are considered problematic

in some circles due to their difficult history.

I say some circles I mean that's just problematic to be honest.

It's a complex thing and you were probably not aware.

Were you aware that the word 'dumb' is more offensive than just calling someone unintelligent?

Click the card at the top of your screen to answer the question and see whether your answer

It was important to me to re-recorded the line for the podcast because as someone who

- yes, deaf-deaf. Like, actually deaf. The kind of deaf who can't hear anything without

I know that I'm not as culturally aware of words and phrases that aren't acceptable

in Deaf society as I likely would be had I grown up deaf.

One in six people has some form of hearing loss- which isn't that odd when you really

think about it. How many people do you know who struggle to hear or understand everything

that's going on? There is obviously a spectrum when it comes to hearing loss and it often

affects people as they get older but it's important to remember that deafness is not

just a loss of sound perception, it can also be socially isolating and interfere with your

BUT there is also a thriving group of deaf people who consider themselves to be 'deaf'

with a big 'D', that is: part of Deaf society. Picture it: if you're a deaf person

who knows sign language in a room full of other deaf people who know sign language then

you're not going to feel socially isolated by your lack of hearing and nor is it going

to affect your ability to interact with the world in that room.

Historically however, deaf people, whether they be deaf with a big D or deaf with a little

d, haven't been given the agency to make their own choices, including choosing how

Overwhelmingly, deaf and hard of hearing people prefer to be called… wait for it…

- gasp(!) I know, plot twist (!) no one expected it(!)

Yet antiquated phrases such as 'deaf and dumb' and 'deaf mute' are still in use

and can be found even in mainstream media- let alone casual conversation!

As we all know, the meanings of words change all the time. “Gay” used to mean merry

and light-hearted and now means… 'gay'. But some people also use it to mean 'bad'.

But fun fact: 'meat' used to refer to refer to any type of food, 'silly' used

to mean 'blessed' and 'dumb' was a word for someone who couldn't talk (not

neccessarily someone deaf) but now is used negatively, to insult someone's intelligence

or to suggest a decline in standards: 'dumbing down'

Many derogatory words for people with disabilities, like moron or idiot, began as medical definitions

used to categorise people with disability as lesser humans. At a time of widespread

eugenics these terms, used in medical textbooks and scientific journals, were used to give

justification for institutionalism and forced sterilisation.

As you can imagine, these terms being used clinically doesn't mean they are okay to

use in everyday conversation, especially when the clinical usage was so terrible.

The term 'deaf and dumb' is an ancient and offensive term. The Greek philosopher

Aristotle labeled deaf people as such because he felt that deaf people were incapable of

being taught, of learning and of reasoned thinking. In his mind, if a person could not

use their voice in the same way as hearing people, then there was no way that person

- I say 'now'. I'm pretty sure deaf people at the time were using their cognitive

abilities to think about what an arse he was.

It was only once 'dumb' had been attached to deaf people that it then came to mean 'silent'

and the definition has continued because this is how many see deaf people. But that's

clearly offensive because it implies not only that deaf people can't take part in a conversation

but also that they have nothing of value to add anyway.

Deaf people aren't silent however. And if you think they are, well it's not that they

don't use YOUR language, it's just that you don't know theirs.

a completely valid form of communication. It's a language in itself. Using your voice

We then come to the second meaning of the word 'dumb' and the one I'm really struggling

- boy do I wish I could stop saying that.

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