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Black and White Vernacular in American Sign Language
Guest Contributor, racialicious.comBy Guest Contributor Lisa Wade, cross-posted from Sociological Images
Frances Stead Sellers at the Washington Post has a fascinating account of the differences in Black and White American sign language. Sellers…
I read this in the paper a few weeks ago! I have the physical copy somewhere in my room. One of the best sings they showed in the paper (but not online for some reason) was the Black ASL sign for “girl, please.”
the book actually shows a variety of signs for Black Asl? I gonna have to get it then.
Pretty interesting.
(Source: sisoula)
Thanks for expanding on the racial variations, champ :)
Click through for more examples and a brief discussion of one girl’s experience of having to learn white ASL for school.
whoaaaaaa.
this is fascinating stuff.