Comments on: What was MLK’s impact on deaf people? http://www.purple.us/blog/2010/01/what-was-mlks-impact-on-deaf-people/ Bringing you the people and the users of Purple! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:44:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sheri A. Farinha http://www.purple.us/blog/2010/01/what-was-mlks-impact-on-deaf-people/comment-page-1/#comment-428 Sheri A. Farinha Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:24:32 +0000 http://www.purple.us/blog/?p=406#comment-428 Beautiful! I love this! Will share on Facebook, thanks Kelby! Beautiful! I love this! Will share on Facebook, thanks Kelby!

]]> By: patti http://www.purple.us/blog/2010/01/what-was-mlks-impact-on-deaf-people/comment-page-1/#comment-422 patti Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:52:10 +0000 http://www.purple.us/blog/?p=406#comment-422 Thanks for this vlog A big part of Dr. King's dream was equal employment opportunities for African-Americans. Since then many color barriers in employment have been broken through - even up to the White House. The EEOC including ethnicity and disability directly protects Deaf ASL folks (cultural / linguistic group) and deaf as a disabled group. Unfortunately there are still many cases of employment discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion etc. We also see that Deaf folks of color are hit with multiple whammies of discrimination. Curious what is the racial, gender, and ethnic (Deaf ASL included) make up of the Purple upper administration? While Purple is not required to have any Affirmative Action policy - since it is so heavily dependent on federal funds, does it have any type of AA initiative? Thanks again for the vlog and Happy Birthday Martin - we are so glad you were born Jan 15, 1929 Peace Patti Thanks for this vlog
A big part of Dr. King’s dream was equal employment opportunities for African-Americans. Since then many color barriers in employment have been broken through – even up to the White House. The EEOC including ethnicity and disability directly protects Deaf ASL folks (cultural / linguistic group) and deaf as a disabled group. Unfortunately there are still many cases of employment discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion etc. We also see that Deaf folks of color are hit with multiple whammies of discrimination.

Curious what is the racial, gender, and ethnic (Deaf ASL included) make up of the Purple upper administration? While Purple is not required to have any Affirmative Action policy – since it is so heavily dependent on federal funds, does it have any type of AA initiative?

Thanks again for the vlog and Happy Birthday Martin – we are so glad you were born Jan 15, 1929

Peace
Patti

]]> By: Sam J. http://www.purple.us/blog/2010/01/what-was-mlks-impact-on-deaf-people/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Sam J. Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:21:33 +0000 http://www.purple.us/blog/?p=406#comment-420 That is so awesome! Thank you for telling us. Thank you so much to Purple and MLK for everything! That is so awesome! Thank you for telling us. Thank you so much to Purple and MLK for everything!

]]> By: Lawrence http://www.purple.us/blog/2010/01/what-was-mlks-impact-on-deaf-people/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Lawrence Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:47:34 +0000 http://www.purple.us/blog/?p=406#comment-419 Wonderful Tribute to MLK, Jr. MLK, Jr. used Mohandas Ghandi's non-violent protest model for the Civil Rights Struggle. The "Deaf President Now" supporters marched in non-violent protest with the "We still have a dream" banner". What a legacy from Ghandi and MLK, Jr! From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Gandhi first employed non-violent civil disobedience while an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, during the resident Indian community's struggle for civil rights. Wonderful Tribute to MLK, Jr. MLK, Jr. used Mohandas Ghandi’s non-violent protest model for the Civil Rights Struggle. The “Deaf President Now” supporters marched in non-violent protest with the “We still have a dream” banner”. What a legacy from Ghandi and MLK, Jr!

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Gandhi first employed non-violent civil disobedience while an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, during the resident Indian community’s struggle for civil rights.

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