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Hello!
So I think I have someone with me today.
Where is she?
Oh!
Hi! Who are you?
CHRISSY: I'm Chrissy.
RIKKI: She drove all the way here to North Carolina from where?
CHRISSY: Maryland.
RIKKI: That's a six hour drive.
CHRISSY: Yes, it is.
RIKKI: And now we're collaborating on 3 videos each, 6 total.
It's going to be a long day.
CHRISSY: A long day. RIKKI: Fingers are going to fall off.
Where's the ambulance?
Today, we'll be talking about bias in the deaf community.
To put it simply, we'll be talking about our personal experiences.
Do you want to start?
CHRISSY: Everything I say will be just my personal opinions.
I don't want to upset anyone.
RIKKI: Again, this is our experience.
Everyone has different experiences.
CHRISSY: The deaf community is very diverse.
So many different types of people come into this community.
But many people are biased against different things
like cochlear implants, hearing aids...
RIKKI: Speaking.
CHRISSY: Right, voicing. Oral deaf.
CHRISSY: Mainstreamed. RIKKI: New signers.
CHRISSY: New signers.
Fluent signers.
PSE or SEE signers.
The list goes on.
We're all different people,
but we have all something in common: hearing loss.
I have, we both have a lot of experience with bias in the community.
As a mainstreamed person, I know many Deaf people
who are uneasy about having me around.
They think like she has a hearing aid and is connected to the hearing world,
they don't like that.
I think it's ridiculous.
We are all people with different experiences,
different backgrounds, so just, like, accept that.
You know?
I know I have hearing aids and some people-
more with cochlear implants-
but some people are like,
"Why have a hearing aid?
"You're Deaf; just accept your identity and be proud.
"Don't want a hearing aid to help."
I mean, honestly, my hearing aids don't
really help me at all anymore,
but I'm still comfortable with having them.
That's my personal decision.
RIKKI: I've noticed a lot of deaf people have hearing aids
and everyone's like, "Okay!"
And hearing aids get shown- oh, and Chrissy has awesome ones-
They're purple and have little things on them.
But then I've got a friend with a cochlear implant and
a lot of people- She's fluent in ASL, by the way,
but because she has a cochlear implant,
people have a tendency of going after her.
Back to you.
CHRISSY: It's really ridiculous.
I mean, I have a lot of friends who
have cochlear implants too, but don't really use them.
Some benefit from the CI, some don't.
But at the end of the day, that's a personal decision.
It doesn't change how people socialize
and interact if you sign or whatever.
I don't know. It's ridiculous.
RIKKI: I mean, sometimes, you might see someone with a cochlear implant
and they're very hearing headed and oppressing other deaf people,
but my friend isn't like that.
She has a cochlear implant, is fluent in ASL,
and is very involved in the deaf community.
So that's very different.
But there are still people who want to attack her.
CHRISSY: It's really just a personal decision and
if someone has a cochlear implant,
it doesn't mean they are a bad person
or not accepting of their deaf identity.
Sometimes I know-
I'm not going to go deep in this topic because it's really controversial,
but people get cochlear implants from birth
when their parents give them to them.
It's not their choice.
Maybe be a little resentful toward the parents,
but, still, why be upset or rude to someone who made that decision
or had someone else make that decision for them.
It's just technological help.
It's not changing an identity and it's not against the deaf community.
I think it's important to remember we all relate with hearing loss.
We're all oppressed and sometimes don't have accessibility.
Why take a community that's already been oppressed
and become more oppressive?
That's happening.
The other thing with bias in the deaf community-
I know we both have experience with this, is with oral deaf or voicing deaf.
RIKKI: Mainstreamed education.
I have a deaf mom and hearing dad and my mom was mainstreamed too.
CHRISSY: I have an all hearing family who don't sign at all.
So... what do you expect?
I'm not a perfect person.
I know a lot of hard of hearing people who try to get involved
in the deaf community but they're scared.
The community pushes them away.
RIKKI: You see people attack some of those who try to get involved.
Like it's not enough if they're not perfect.
They're not wanted.
CHRISSY: And that's rude.
Honestly, I think people need to be more open minded.
To take in diversity.
Everyone is human.
Everyone who needs or wants to be included should be.
RIKKI: For myself, I'm newer.
I'm newer to the culture, the community.
I was hearing headed- well, not really like that,
but it felt like I had to be.
Because I was the only deaf person that I knew.
I mean, besides my deaf mom, but that doesn't count.
And then, you know, I found the Internet.
CHRISSY & RIKKI: A whole new world!
RIKKI: We've been doing that all day.
So then I was slowly getting involved because I was still...
Well, most of the community that I knew of was in Los Angeles.
And I live in North Carolina.
LA is over there.
Like, way over there.
CHRISSY: Gotta fly all the way over there.
RIKKI: So all I had was the Internet which made it harder to get
really involved, dip my toes in.
And when I stopped doing makeup on YouTube,
and started doing more videos about deafness-
not deaf culture or ASL, at least not yet,
but about my own personal experiences as a deaf person.
And then I was flown out to Los Angeles for a movie.
That's when everything started.
Eventually, my videos started getting more views because of #NoMoreCRAPtions.
I started learning ASL and
I'm really someone who is not good at learning [signed] languages.
CHRISSY: But you're improving.
RIKKI: My brain messes up sometimes.
I still mess up English.
And I grew up with English!
CHRISSY: Everyone makes mistakes!
RIKKI: That! I feel like a lot of people don't realize that.
So, for example, you might say that I might sign more PSE.
And maybe I do, but I learned that from deaf people who taught me.
I mean, I'm not fluent.
I'm not amazing when it comes to using the language.
But I can still have a conversation.
And I learned how to from deaf people.
But I still get people commenting that I suck at signing.
Oh! You know, when I started doing YouTube,
when I started talking about deafness,
a lot of people were mad because I wasn't signing.
They wanted me to sign, and then I eventually made my
first video in ASL which turned into more videos.
But then people would tell me that I suck at signing.
And I'm like, if I don't sign, you get pissed at me,
if I start signing and I'm bad at it, you get pissed.
What do you want?!
CHRISSY: Right!
RIKKI: Then when I stop signing, I start getting comments like,
"You're not signing! You're not really deaf!"
And it's always the same people!
CHRISSY: Always. If you're speaking, people think you're lying.
They don't believe you're deaf.
It's like they think voicing means that you're not deaf.
RIKKI: It's just... what do you want?!
Like, just pick one.
Okay, so back to the whole English thing.
It's funny because if...
the deaf people who taught me ASL,
they grew up signing with their deaf families,
they're fluent in ASL, and they were teaching me.
So, it's like, what's your opinion on them?
CHRISSY: Right.
RIKKI: And then popular deaf people like Nyle-
And I love Nyle, okay?
He and I are pals.
But I've noticed that he also tends to sign more English.
Friends have told me that the signing is more English.
And then I'm like, "So why is he being looked up to?!"
But you know what? He's a good person!
He does a lot of activism work.
So, yes, I say support him.
However, the thing is, there's so much support for him,
but if I'm signing like that,
"Why are you signing like that?!
"You suck!"
CHRISSY: Everything you do is wrong!
And it's such a big problem in the deaf community.
People are so biased about everything.
There's an opinion on everything.
And, sometimes, you just need to accept people.
We're all different.
There isn't a system for a perfect deaf person,
of how you're supposed to be.
No, that's not going to happen.
I know when I started getting involved in the Deaf community,
I wasn't online so I didn't have to deal with internet rage,
but some people didn't want to chat with me.
I was mainstreamed and not signing perfect.
But, like, what to do you expect?
I didn't choose to not learn ASL first.
If it were my personal decision,
I would have been signing since I was born.
People are different and this is a different problem,
but everyone's experiences vary.
RIKKI: See, I recognize that I have more privilege because-
Okay, so this is a confusing concept for some.
I have some privilege if I'm speaking- okay-
So I tend to voice more than you do, right?
So if we're at a restaurant together and I'm the one voicing,
the server will probably just look at me and not look at you
because I'm using my voice.
And she tends to sign more.
So that's where I have more privilege.
But at the same time, if I don't understand them,
then they'll likely get mad at me.
CHRISSY: Well, I voice sometimes too.
I have a hearing family and I'm involved in the hearing world too.
I'm not shoving the hearing world aside.
I'm not writing it off.
No, I'm a part of that too.
RIKKI: And with languages- languages are hard.
You know?
So I always say to use the language
you're the most comfortable with.
Because if you're uploading a video for everyone to see,
if I'm uploading a video that's in ASL,
and the topic is difficult for me,
I won't know how to sign everything I need to.
And that would be a problem because
if I sign something wrong,
everyone's going to be like, "What is she saying?"
Well, there'd be two reactions:
The first would be, "What?"
and the second would be, "Excuse me?!"
CHRISSY: Yeah, that's true.
RIKKI: So voicing, captions, done.
CHRISSY: Yeah, I mean, if you are most comfortable speaking,
you should do you.
Depending on the situation,
I'll decide whether to speak or sign.
If I'm with my hearing family,
they are all clueless if I sign,
they honestly get offended.
So I speak with them.
I did speech therapy for 13 years so I can speak.
Speaking is a privilege I have.
But it doesn't mean I'm not Deaf,
or I'm not involved in the Deaf community,
or that I'm not proud of the culture,
community, and my identity.
There's not one thing.
I don't know how to explain it.
RIKKI: It's hard explaining this stuff.
But the goal is to make ASL, or all sign languages, accessible.
You want it to still exist,
but if you make new signers feel small,
that'll stop.
Thank you.
That will stop and then the doors close.
CHRISSY: Someone who is mainstreamed is probably
already struggling with self esteem and being alone,
stuck in the hearing world.
Then if they try and get involved in the Deaf community
and are made to feel worse about themselves.
That's awful, why do that?
Why not accept them, help them pick up new signs.
RIKKI: Yeah, if you do that, they will stop trying.
CHRISSY: I know this experience.
I know other kids whose hearing loss was a surprise
and didn't know what to do.
I want to help them.
I've experienced progressive hearing loss.
I know what's happening.
I want them to be involved.
I want them to see the world
that I found that made my life
so much better and improved everything.
The signing world,
why not help others find that experience,
find that world?
I don't know why people need that personal bias.
I know some of that bias is spread through Deaf schools.
As mainstreamed people,
we have experienced getting involved in the deaf community
and it's not easy because of the set up bias.
Trying is not easy but it's important.
Many people are intimidated and
don't want to get involved because
they are scared of people's bias.
We both know from experience that it's not
easy to get involved in the community
with people's bias.
People's opinions sway one way and
ignore people who aren't signing fluently.
It's ridiculous and I know from Deaf events
if someone is new, we will try basic conversation.
But things stop and they'll be ignored
because people don't know what to do.
But I know it's so important to help them.
If they are mainstreamed and alone,
their self-esteem is lowering.
If they try and get involved in the deaf community
but are pushed aside,
they are left with nothing and a damaged self-esteem.
The deaf community need to be more accepting
and accept that everyone is from different backgrounds.
If you aren't from a Deaf institution, that's fine.
There are different ways to learn and to communicate.
It's not easy but is so important to accept people.
I know when I started, well, not really started-
Since I've been going to deaf events and
meeting other deaf people who were mainstreamed
and sign a little bit, not a lot,
but I know how important it is
to get them involved and how beneficial that is.
So I want to do everything I can
to help them learn and pick up signs,
introduce them to that "New World."
It's important to help them build themselves back up.
Give them that pride, give them the experience,
give them the deaf community, introduce them to the culture.
They probably want to learn and want to be included.
Everyone wants to be included, right?
So why keep that bias
and push away people who need people?
If you work together, things only improve.
So why damage their self-esteem and worsen their signing?
RIKKI: Also, I've sort of noticed that
the deaf community has a few cliques.
And I forgot the sign even though you taught it to me earlier,
but there's a lot of racism in the community as well.
CHRISSY: Racism.
RIKKI: Show me again?
CHRISSY: Racism.
RIKKI: Racism.
Ah, like pulling the skin!
Thank you!
There's a lot of cliques but also racism.
I have a few deaf friends who are black and
we notice how differently they tend to be treated.
For example, the entertainment circle.
You see a lot of the same faces repeatedly.
So my friend, who is a person of color,
well, specifically, who is black,
she keeps trying again and again,
and she always gets less support than everyone else.
Than all my white friends.
CHRISSY: The deaf community is oppressed,
but for people with intersectional identities,
it's worse.
I know that bias doesn't help.
There is enough bias in the world already.
We don't need more.
I know some people think that
Deaf people hate hearing people.
That's the other thing:
deaf people are just like hearing people
except we can't hear, that's it.
RIKKI: I can't do math.
And other things. But anyway.
CHRISSY: But one thing- why add oppression?
I don't know.
This is a specific topic.
RIKKI: I remember my deaf friends from a while back...
Now, we don't really talk anymore
because it seems like they keep to themselves.
They stay in their same circle or clique.
Bums me out a little bit.
CHRISSY: Oppression sucks.
I know I have a lot of privilege, white privilege.
RIKKI: Same.
CHRISSY: Not as a woman, but as a person.
I have privilege and I accept that, I know-
RIKKI: Voicing and white privilege.
CHRISSY: Voicing privilege.
It's important to recognize and acknowledge that privilege.
RIKKI: It's not simple.
There's a lot of different things involved.
CHRISSY: Bias sucks.
I don't know why people have it in the community.
Why people are so strong headed about things.
Cochlear implants, hearing aids,
oral, speaking, whatever.
Just accept people for who they are.
New signers.
Fluent signers.
Whatever.
People are people.
RIKKI: And that's our rant for today.
Okay, not really a rant.
More like a discussion.
A really excited discussion.
Look, I love my deaf friends.
I love the deaf community.
I love the language and learning more.
It's just...
It's not perfect.
Well, nothing's perfect.
CHRISSY: It's important to recognize privilege,
recognize diversity.
Recognize who you are and how you fit into the community.
That's it.
RIKKI: If you have a goal,
if you want to meet that goal,
you have to be more open minded.
Because not everyone is perfect.
Not everyone is at the same level as you are.
CHRISSY: You aren't superior or
less of value for your experiences.
RIKKI: Hopefully, you learned something today.
Hopefully, you enjoyed the video.
Go watch Chrissy's videos.
Subscribe.
We'll see you later. Bye.







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