March 9, 2007

'Not Deaf Enough'

To the Editor:

Lennard J. Davis makes some valid points in his essay ("Deafness and the Riddle of Identity," The Chronicle Review, January 12). He argues that using constructs such as "deaf identity" or "deaf community" implies a sociolinguistic delineation around the word "deaf" that is messy. ...

He's basically correct in saying that it raises the same questions as trying to define who is "white ... black ... Jewish ... non-Jewish." Setting up this kind of boundary does cause

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