For this blog I choose a Jimmy Kimmel video clip of when there was a fake sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's funeral. What I like about this clip is that they ended up bringing in an ASL interpreter to see what the guy was really talking about.
It was fascinating to me that he was saying some things, but it still didn't make any sense to what he was talking about anyways, I picked this video because it pertains to sign language. What I am surprised is that how they got a guy that doesn't really know sign language to stand up next to all these people at a big event to interpret when he isn't even making any sense.
This definitely affects the hearing impaired that were trying to watch the funeral at that time because since he isn't translating much of what they were saying. It can be frustrating especially for the hearing impaired. I think to the deaf community it can also show being disrespect.
Wow. I cannot believe they would allow someone with no experience on sign language to sign for an event such as Nelson Mandela's funeral. This is very disrespectful to the deaf community because it shows that sign language is a language that is not taken seriously. I was glad to see that people placed their complaints on this man.
ReplyDeleteWhat a rude thing to do. I really can't believe that nobody checked this guy out to verify if he could actually sign. I agree that this is so disrespectful to the deaf people that wanted to know what the speaker was saying. I hope that they were able to get the real message to the deaf community.
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