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Border Crossing: Codas - Coggle Diagram
Border Crossing: Codas
Irony
It's ironic that 90 percent of deaf children come from and are born into hearing family's and on page 190 the author states that its probably true in the reverse order of a hearing child having deaf parents.
However, the deaf parents don't force their child to only learn sign language unlike hearing family's eliminating ASL from their deaf children's lives.
Though, it makes me think about a alternate universe wherein sign language is the main language and speech is not would signers force sign language onto others?
Where are the Codas?
"Every Coda leads two lives: one as a coda and one as a hearing person. They may choose to only live one life, but all of them have two" (page 191).
I picked this quote because it reminded me of a Snapchat video I saw about two Codas. The female Coda works as an elementary sign language teacher and I can't remember what the male Coda career was. But the female Coda mentioned that she loves to be a part of the deaf world and tries to be in it as much as possible. The male Coda, on the other hand, is very much in both and he made the comment of saying that when he is with his hearing peers he never mentions his Coda side or anything that is related to the Deaf world and vice versa. So I thought that was interesting and now I know why by reading this chapter.
One Generation Thick
The one generation thick concept was not one that I had thought of. I does take more than one generation of ethnic groups to acclimate but for Codas it is one. To me that is crazy quick but then again it makes sense. If they are hearing there may not be a want or need to integrate the family into the deaf world or teach them sign language. They have hearing children/spouse and can be apart of the hearing world quickly.
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Codas-Deaf Community
"This would mean that Codas would be viewed as integral members of the Deaf community and would be seen as one of the carrier groups of the culture across generations" (page 193).
This surprises me a lot that Codas are not actually seen as a part of the Deaf community, At least the ones that make an effort to be a part of it and consider themselves a part of the Deaf world. I would like to hope that deaf people would not discriminate Codas just because they are hearing. Though the last bit of the sentence stating that they are carriers of the culture that may be true for Codas that really love the Deaf world and want their children to be knowledgable in the language and culture.
Identity Crisis
Being a Coda means that they will encounter hearing people that believe in Audism and Lingustics and having to deal with what negative things are being said about deaf people. But also having to be present and "hear" from deaf members about hearing people in a negative light as well.
Being present for both clashes both the hearing and deaf discussions and could cause major identity issues or negative thoughts.
"So in essence we must borrow our parents' physical condition as part of our own identity process. Then we must go through great effort to understand this issue and separate ourselves from our Dead sides. It is probably this reason that drives so many Codas into fully participating in the Hearing world and keeping the Deaf world at arm's length (no pun intended)" (page 196).
Sends mixed signals when they are hearing these beliefs from the hearing and deaf world. Especially when their parents say they hearing people are the enemy and then calling their child hearing.