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Celebrating and preserving Black American Sign Language

   May 6, 2021  42 Comments on Celebrating and preserving Black American Sign Language

ABC News’ Kyra Phillips reports on the origins of Black American Sign Language, and the movement to recognize and preserve a language born out of segregation.

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  3. this make me proud my deaf community! thank for sharing with us in BASL I would love to learn. I know I am white Deaf American. but it is matter to color or different foreign sign language. I would love learn!

  4. Loved this story, makes me want to learn how to signs. Thanks for sharing and signing Kyra and to those who were a part of the segment.

  10. I'm an ASL interpreter and I have a few questions and I'm suuuuper hoping a black deaf person(s) reads this and answers my questions. I live in Utah where most people here are as white as it gets. It's because of this that I am unfamiliar with black signs, and the etiquette that goes along with them. I always strive to educate myself and improve so that I can be a good interpreter for the Deaf/HH community, so please let me know if my questions are offensive. Is it offensive of me to ask what black signs are to improve my vocabulary? Also, since it is my job to articulate my interpretation as best I can to match the person speaking/signing, is it offensive if I use black signs as a white interpreter? For example, if I am interpreting for a black hearing person who is using black terminology, is it offensive if I use the black signs connected to that terminology?

  11. There is another story. I wasn't there, so I don't really know. A time came that signing was forbidden to white deaf students so they might learn to read lips and speak clearly. The segregated black deaf students were allowed to continue using ASL. The white students lost knowledge of signing during the years of oralist repression. When the repression ended, and racial segregation ended, the black deaf shared with the white deaf. Black people saved ASL.

  16. No such thing as black american sign language …it been all made up, contact many if those from different states who disagree about basl…even people who are on their '70 and up southern black deaf are saying from their growing up, no such thing like it! This is fake news!

  17. I’m so proud of JC! He was a student at Mississippi School fir the Deaf (MSD) when I worked at Mississippi School for the Blind (MSB). Keep doing your thing JC! 💜💛 I see you too grandma! 😀 Kyra, you did an amazing job! 👍🏾

  18. ASL often doesn't get enough mainstream appreciation, even more so for ASL's different varieties. Great to see the news covering a beautiful, underappreciated dialect of ASL!

  20. This is the best news segment I’ve seen in years. Today, I learned something new and on top of that I’m hopeful and inspired by the work. #BASL 🤟🏾

  21. I studied asl and would love to learn bsl.
    I have always been fascinated by the language. God help me, I will learn.

  23. I was able to understand both sign language and I'm I'm Spanish, for me I don't think there's a biggie about it as long as I'm able to understand even tho I have keep teaching myself, never went to special school my parents never knew me being deaf till I'm around 4-6 years old & never was taught sign language.

  26. Because of Biden's immigration policies blacks will go down in population statistics, as that happens they will be less important, and will get less instead of the more they were promised

  30. Love this story. My daughter is hard of hearing and I sent this to her. One suggestion on pieces like this is to add subtitles 👍🏾🙏🏾💕

  31. Can I just say, I really appreciate the reporter asking her questions in ASL! The detail does not go unnoticed, and I can tell she worked hard to get it right. I haven't seen that kind of inclusivity in most interviews. Right on!

  36. Is Black sign language the same trend as Ebonics?

    I remember when some black people thought "Ebonics" was going to be the next "black" language. But 90% of Black Americans never heard of the term Ebonics. Ebonics was changed into being called African American Vernacular English. This is a type of "slang" language which is a sloppy form of using the English language.

  38. American Sign Language was developed by the Plains Indian tribe and Modernized by the U.S. Army during WW2. People need to learn their history.

  39. 🤦🏻
    Y’all so f’d up in the head to be promoting this as if it was something “special & unique”

  40. Why does it have to be about black people? White peoples can suffer as well? So can only black people be deaf now? This is getting out of hand. Sign language is sign language and it doesn’t choose a race whom it’s affects.

  41. So when did slang become " black language" ? This is evil and basically putting down blacks. If you can't see that, you are the problem. This is mockery in case you're dumb.

  42. This is so cool! As a hearing person, you just don't think about the different cultures within the deaf community. I have learned over the last couple of decades, as I've made deaf friends, and I am now engaged to a deaf man. It is a rich culture.

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