Deaf Culture: "Ethnicity"
Courtney Franklin
4/3/08ETHNICITY: When a group of people reveals, or is perceived to reveal, shared historical experiences as a unique organizational, behavioral and cultural characteristics. (Aguirre,2004)
In my opinion, this definition, which I strongly agree with, allows those people who identify with Deaf Culture to claim their own ethnicity.
Reference:
Aguirre, A. (2004). American Ethnicity: The Dynamics and Consequences of Discrimination. New York, NY: McGraw Hill
Ethnic identity is marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and by common cultural, linguistic, religious, behavioral or biological traits. Source: Wikipedia "Ethnic group" 2008