I enjoyed season 1 and
watching the signing.
Frequently, hearing people assume that Deaf people are deficient. They try to coerce the Deaf person into the
hearing world because they believe 'no one wants to be deaf'. The Deaf characters are happy in their
community. They don't feel they must "fit
in" to the hearing world.
Occasionally a Deaf person seems to dislike a hearing person
for no reason other than that they are not Deaf. I have to assume it's because so many hearing
people are bigots that it's easy to assume all are bigots (until proven
otherwise). Everyone on the show is human. The threat of the 'other' can be scary.
Both sides have assumptions and prejudices to one degree or another.
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