Asha Rajashekhar
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disability studies<br />
Im gegenwärtigen nach wie vor<br />
vorhandenen ‚Kolonialsystem‘ der<br />
hörenden Dominanzgesellschaft<br />
kommen leider noch viele der von<br />
Amesberger und Halbmayr (2008)<br />
dargelegten Privilegierungsmechanismen<br />
zur Wirkung. Tuccoli setzt<br />
sich in ihrer Masterarbeit (2008) mit<br />
Formen der „Hearing Privileges“ auseinander<br />
und beschreibt in diesem<br />
Kontext ihre Privilegierung gegenüber<br />
der Taubengemeinschaft:<br />
I am privileged to:<br />
1. Overhear conversations at various<br />
places around campus<br />
Hearing all these side conversations<br />
keeps me informed on what<br />
is happening around campus.<br />
2. Hear spoken „private“ conversations<br />
Many hearing people feel that<br />
speaking without signing makes<br />
it a private conversation. However,<br />
I can hear them so how can it<br />
be private?<br />
3. Speak in my first language to<br />
an English-speaking non-signer<br />
who is visiting from off campus<br />
This gives me the privilege to<br />
connect with this person on a<br />
personal level without the dependency<br />
of paper/pencil or an<br />
interpreter.<br />
4. Join/participate fully in spoken<br />
conversations with other hearing<br />
and hard of hearing people<br />
5. Communicate fully with hearing<br />
staff members all over campus<br />
in my first language<br />
There are many hearing staff<br />
members on the campus with limited<br />
signing skills which allows me<br />
to communicate with them easily.<br />
There is no miscommunication<br />
or struggling to understand each<br />
other in another language.<br />
6. Having my problems be solved<br />
on campus within minutes<br />
I often walk into places such as<br />
the financial aid office where<br />
those in senior positions are<br />
hearing. I’m able to explain my<br />
problem and have it resolved<br />
within a few minutes without<br />
miscommunication. I’ve witnessed<br />
other deaf students who<br />
are not able to do this due to<br />
communication breakdowns between<br />
ASL and English.<br />
7. Follow conversations fully<br />
through the use of Simultaneous<br />
Communication<br />
Simultaneous communication<br />
has been proven to benefit hearing<br />
people since the spoken language<br />
tends to take over sign language.<br />
Many instructors on campus<br />
tend to use simultaneous<br />
communication in their classrooms.<br />
I’m able to hear everything<br />
without having to watch<br />
the person’s signs or lipread.<br />
8. Know the difference when someone<br />
is voicing or not while using<br />
Simultaneous Communication<br />
There are deaf people who are<br />
opposed to signing with voice.<br />
I am sometimes asked by other<br />
deaf people if the person who<br />
they are communicating with is<br />
using voice or not.<br />
9. Little communication problems<br />
with take-out delivery people<br />
Many students on campus including<br />
myself order take out<br />
from pizza to Chinese food. I<br />
have often witnessed problems<br />
with them bringing the wrong<br />
food order, misunderstanding<br />
the price, or just the person trying<br />
to tell them simply their food<br />
is here. All these delivery people<br />
are hearing therefore, I can communicate<br />
with them easily to resolve<br />
any problem they may occur.<br />
Every so often, I will have a<br />
deaf student ask me to interpret<br />
for them because the delivery<br />
people become too frustrated to<br />
try and resolve whatever issues<br />
that may have occurred.<br />
I also have a cell phone that allows<br />
hearing delivery people to<br />
call me anytime when my food<br />
is ready. Deaf students can’t give<br />
them the VP number located in<br />
the lobby since the delivery person<br />
wouldn’t be able to call it<br />
from their cell phone. Sometimes,<br />
the delivery person will arrive<br />
early, wait, and then leave because<br />
they can’t contact the deaf<br />
person to let them know their<br />
food is ready. Or sometimes, the<br />
delivery people go to the wrong<br />
dorm building and are unable to<br />
contact the deaf person.<br />
Last semester October 2007, some<br />
Deaf students used VP (video<br />
phone) to place an order for Chinese<br />
food. The people at the Chinese<br />
place told them they didn’t<br />
want to work with Deaf people<br />
any more and would not deliver<br />
to them. They hung up on the<br />
Deaf students. I’ve never had to<br />
worry about being discriminated<br />
against when ordering take-out.<br />
10. Call another hearing person for<br />
information without worrying<br />
if they will hang up on me<br />
This goes with number 9. I never<br />
have to worry about anyone becoming<br />
frustrated with me to the<br />
point where they will hang up.<br />
11. Overhearing other people’s<br />
phone conversations<br />
This gives me the privilege of<br />
staying in tuned with my surroundings.<br />
DZ 88 11<br />
297<br />
Beitrag aus: DAS ZEICHEN 88/2011 • Zeitschrift für Sprache und Kultur Gehörloser (www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/signum/zeichen/)