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It's so refreshing that when you reveal these, ehem, problematic controversial sides to Helen Keller, you also didn't demonize her. Like you said, she's not exactly the saintly perfect person media paints her as, but neither is she evil.
you always have to consider the historical context, not to excuse terrible views but to understand them. I'm sure Keller's views about disability and criminality for instance have to do with the fact that disabled people weren't given access to education and therefore jobs, and therefore were more likely to try and survive through less lawful means.
Eugenics was such a massive trend among intellectuals of this era anyways. Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes (two other LGBT icons btw), Churchill, Alexander Graham Bell or H. G Wells were advocating for it. Honestly you could not be taken seriously in the Anglo-Saxon countries if you did not believed in it.
Marupyon honestly saying that Churchill advocated for eugenics doesn’t really help much. Despite popular imagination, he was actually a very terrible man. He was notoriously bloodthirsty and advocated for violence and was also extremely racist, anti-semitic, and classist. I understand those who would say in his and others cases, that we should consider historical context, but we should always remember that there WERE people who knew better and were fighting against eugenics, racism, and other evils of the time. I don’t think anyone is black and white in ethics or morality, and a lot of people unfortunately live their lives in ignorance, but to paint these views as beholden to a time period seems to me only to promote one demographics view of history and leave out inclusivity and accuracy.
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Was there a significant anti-eugenics presence in the early 1900's? It is my understanding that it was a pretty widely held position until the 1950s... for obvious reasons. The logic and rationality behind eugenics does make sense, at the time. It was the application of our understanding of the theory of evolution. Of course today we realize that evolution can't really be manipulated like that; there's just way too many unknown variables (plus traits can shift from being beneficial to be detrimental and they can shift from being detrimental to being beneficial, depending on changes in the environment). This is also why I don't support genetic engineering in humans, there are just too many unknowns.
that's actually really uplifting the heater. We have the tendency to start of sainthood on amazing figures in the past that acknowledging that they're human
when it comes to people born deaf the issue of not teaching the children sign language is bigger than a lot of people realize. we humans require language to be able to grasp abstract thought processes, if you are not taught some sort of language by a certain age it will permanently affect your development. as sign language can be taught at an earlier age then lip reading it is very important to identify deaf babies and teach them sign language to make sure they develop normally
fun fact, babies whose parents use sign language will "babble" in sign language the same way babies babble in spoken language :)
learned something from an educational youtube video and then as a bonus I'm learning in the comment section! AWESOME!
Aw that fun fact is so cute
piarate king honestly??? I think all children should learn some sort of sign language as infants. It can be extremely helpful and beneficial for their development. It also allows children who can’t yet speak to communicate more effectively with their carers and others around them. Regardless of whether the babies are deaf or hard of hearing or not. And??? If you keep up with it as they get older, they’ll be bi-lingual and able to communicate in both spoken language and sign language. It’ll also really reduce the stigma around deafness and deaf muteness and decrease the isolation that deaf and/or mute people face because more hearing and speaking people will be able to communicate with them using sign language if they choose to
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I have an auditory disorder, I can hear just fine, but my brain doesn't process the information correctly. When I was in late elementary school I was offered to be taught sign language by the school board, but since no one I knew spoke it and no one in my family were willing to learn it as well I didn't accept the offer. I figured there was no point in learning a language that only I spoke and that I'd forget it once the government stopped teaching it to me, because no one bothered to learn it with me. I'm still a tad bitter about that.
They're also starting to teach sign to kids with autism to help them communicate. I think usually just a few basic signs, but much better than being frustrated over not being able to be understood! I think for some kids it becomes a bridge to developing spoken language later (kind of like teaching sign to hearing babies), but I would have to do more research to confirm...
"The socialism, the romance, the eugenics!" sounds like a really interesting bodice-ripper title.
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I would read this!
I needed this comment.
"LIGHTS GONE"
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"was she constantly crushing down her own criminal urges, because I'm disabled and I'm not"
Jessica finally confesses she's really a criminal mastermind XD
Hadn’t really noticed the ambivalent wording! 😂
Anne Sullivan's house is roughly 20 minutes from mine and unfortunately due to the lack of historical preservation through the last century it has been a Dunkin Donuts and is now an insurance agency. A statue of her and Helen does sit across the intersection at the Granger school in Agawam, MA.
So in school (American here) I was never taught about her political aspects and her stance on eugenics. We NEVER learned those things about Bell as well. So thank you for this! I also would love a video where you spill the tea on Bell because 1) the way you tell history is great and 2) there’s always something underneath the surface of these people that we are taught when we are young that never gets learned about. Didn’t know Edison stole a lot of ideas! Didn’t know that until I got to college!
This is one clear example about how history is taught how those in power/control wish it to be. Ever heard the saying, "history is written by those who won"? One reason I believe it's so important to study history from many sources.
Another example, as an American, we learned in school how the "filthy" European explorer brought diseases such as syphilis to our Native people, however Europe teaches that the spread of the disease in Europe is due to the Natives giving it to them. Just good for thought.
@@tearalewis7532 just to clear up in europe we aren't taught diseases were given to us by natives. Our history curriculum in germany largely just pretends colonialism didn't happen outright, except for the british empire.
I learned about the Edison thing in Middle-School but ONLY because I was homeschooled.
And there was a guy who taught science to homeschoolers, and guess who has way more cool science toys and projects for tweens than Edison? Tesla.
You are so right; there are so many “facts” in American history that are entirely upside down 😡!
Yeap! Same! I actually looked up to her for so many years, she was my favorite person to read about, because she was painted as a saint and was literally my only access to other people like me at the time. We need more access to accurate history, and more access to ANY history about disabled people.
YES to a video about Alexander Graham Bell
Indeed, I think phones should have been called "Graham Bells" at that point because they were auditory devices like regular bells but you talk through them and they are attributed to AGB so they feature his name in a pun like fashion. 🤣 Works less with modern mobile telephones with their modern and enhanced applications, I just like puns.
I would love to hear your thoughts on Alexander Graham Bell! This is such a good video (and super helpful for me as a more recently deaf person)
I agree and would like to hear your views on oralism deafness etc.
She did one called 'who are the "defective race"' about him, its in the deafness playlist!
Helen was my inspiration when I was growing up with a disability. However, I am not afraid to see her as whole and complex person, and I really appreciate how you always present each person and topic with balance and thoroughness. Thank you Jessica. You are one of my adult inspirations.
As someone who is blind, I do appreciate you making this video and I like that you didn’t paint her as a saint or demon just as a person with her own beliefs. It’s devastating that even after all the things in her life she was against people with genetic disabilities living! In my opinion it sounds to me like she never fully excepted herself. XX Chelsey
I appreciate the shout out to asexuals, but some asexuals do want love and life partners. Asexuality just means not feeling sexual attraction, aromanticism is not feeling romantic attraction. However both aromantics and asexuals can and are great life partners (if they want to be). So... ask for one for Christmas today?!
I love your videos Jessica, your my favourite RUclipsr. Thanks so much for teaching me how to sign asexual.
Yes!! All of this
WAIT. WAIT. Where does she teach the sign for Asexual? I'm Ace and only recently stopped feeling ashamed and accepted it. But I'm lonely and would love somebody to love. I thought I didn't count as Ace if I wanted to hold hands and cuddle and such romantic stuff that doesn't involve sex. Anyway, what's the sign?
It’s in Jessica’s video Queer Sign Language, I like the sign because it’s like a little deer hopping away.
@@jooleebilly She posted a video back in June called "Queer Sign Language" - it's in there!
So the plants, and bacteria in our life basically? Asexual is not a human sexual characteristic. It makes no sense, biologically.
When I was very young, like under 10, I went to see a play with a friend of mine. It was called "she, who made a miracle happen" (something like that, it doesn't translate well from my native language). I absolutely loved that play and consider it to be one of my favorites to this day. Well, as you were talking, I started thinking about this play, recognizing some of the aspects of the plot. Like the teacher's name, Annie Sullivan. Or the fence in the photograph. And the thing about "water". Well, the play turned out to be about Helen Keller (I just googled it). I'm officially mind blown.
God, yes! Please *destroy* Bell in another video. I'd watch that while eating popcorn and cheering.
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her little "Hey Asexuals!" made me so happy lol
My intro to ASL prof used to refer to Graham Bell as "that bastard"
Weirdly enough, Helen Keller is my 9th cousin on my moms side, and in high school my best friend ended up being related to Anne Sullivan! It was totally weird and very cool lol
Wow, interesting! I guess y'all never moved house much 😅
Your beret is so cute
YES
my granny's parents were both deaf and mute, and had a young family at the time of the debate on whether deaf people should be allowed to marry and have children. great grandma died young but my dad remembers his grampa using sign language. researching that issue online actually prompted an algorithm to suggest your channel to me. recognized you as 'the whiny kid from that model show' btw -- sorry! ;D my hearing is excellent but the genetic lottery has thrown a few funnies at me, too. on the autism spectrum, autoimmune disease and some mystery collagen fail. and love for old-timey (good) stuff as well.
Thank you for covering Keller in such a holistic way. So many people focus on the "isn't she inspirational" part of her story and ignore her radical politics and her less than awesome views on people with disabilities. One person can be many things and to reduce people to stereotypes is just lazy. So, yay Jessica! I'd love to see more in this series!
Please make the video about Alexander Graham Bell. The only thing I remember about him is the invention of the telephone. I learned so much about Helen Keller as well; I never know she was a eugenicist! That’s...disconcerting.
Many progressive/liberal thinkers and leaders of the time were eugenicists. It was popular intellectually.
perhaps people at that time believed scientists and other science based professionals without much research or questioning on their own part. Thinking that they must know what's best. People were backward in how they viewed and treated people who were "different" and didn't give them the same value or worthiness as "normal" people. Society changed a lot, but there are fragments of old beliefs that still hurt anyone who may have a disability, mental issue, physical condition, etc. Hopefully, we will go forward and eliminate these mistakes.
In third grade I was obsessed with Hellen Keller and I still think she’s amazing. I’m also trying to get into learning ASL again
Going into this video I was excited to hear about Helen Keller's activism as an outspoken socialist. I... didn't expect the part about her being a eugenicist. I think you handled talking about that well. And yes, I would like to hear you rant about Alexander Graham Bell.
My grandmother was deaf and mute and my grandfather wore hearing aids and went blind due to a tumor in later life.....and they had 3 children who could all see, speak, and hear. It was always nice to see them communicate with each other in their own way
When I did a BSL module in uni we did a segment on deaf history and talked about Bell. I was just so confused... He wanted eugenics for deaf people... But he had a deaf wife... Does not compute was my reaction.
I remember getting so disappointed and confused when I found out she was a eugenicist. Like... So you wish your parents left you to die? How do you create a gap so big between who you are and what you're defending to get to this point?
Maybe there's a reasoning behind it that made sense only to her, but it makes no sense looking from the outside.
Doesn't make her any less important, though. I'm really glad a lot of stuff was pushed forwards because she made herself known and heard.
As someone who lives in Alabama, we're taught about Helen Keller and her 'story'. However, the eugenics part is never touched upon...
Yup North Alabamian myself and I have her autobiography
*Momentary reflection from your video: < rant > Fascinating that we(in the USA) don't learn any of the eugenics information in school when we learn about Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan. I struggle with knowing our educators edited the history we learn to make us look like the good guys and others look like the bad guys. I.e. US vs Nazis, American Civil War (south demonized and north praised), etc. This perpetuates the problem of viewing the United States as a perfect nation that cannot make mistakes. ... which obviously isn't true (just ask Native Americans, Japanese and Chinese Americans, Ancestors of Slaves, any black person, any immigrant who does not fluently without accent speak English, people of the LGBTQ community, or people with disabilities or chronic illnesses) < sigh > < / rant >
*Question that i have: I had heard rumors that Helen and Annie were more than companions but a couple. have you heard any of that in your research?
Try growing up in the south where they still won't admit the south lost the civil war.
@@heathercalkins Not in southern cities. Urban areas are more likely to be liberal.
@@beatrixlozach4840 I grew up in Austin, TX. It doesn’t get much more liberal for a southern city and they still have trouble admitting it there. It’s everywhere in the south. Yes, it’s worse in the rural areas, but it’s the cities too.
When something goes wrong and u blurt out an "oh goddamn it!" it just makes my day every time! Its hilarious.
I really like it when historical figures get a balanced treatment like this - because a lot of people did both amazingly cool things and some definitely-not-cool things.
Also...I don't know why you wouldn't just teach a deaf kid to sign even if you also wanted to teach them to speak/lip read. A friend of mine taught both of her hearing daughters some sign language (milk, toy, hat, dad, mom, etc.) so that they could explain what it was they wanted before they could talk.
I would LOVE a video ranting about Bell!! I really want to know more about the history of the deaf community, and I'm currently learning BSL but I never knew there was so much controversy surrounding sign language xx
The one dislike must be from the Alexander Graham Bell Association Twitter account 😆
One of my favorite things about Hellen Keller is that she's credited with introducing Akitas to America. She was gifted two by Japan, and hers likely started the American Akita. (Akitas back then looked quite different). I've liked Hellen Keller and her story since I was a kid. I have a Japanese Akita and I love that she's part of their long and proud history.
You never fail, Jessica! I've read and watched movies about Miss Keller. Wonderful lady she was!
I mean... Doesnt it make more sense that you would bring Deaf children who have the ability to speak/lipread up as bilingual? Or rather, give them a choice rather than just decide for them? I had a friend in school who was Deaf and banned from learning sign because it would I guess make her not care about learning to talk (which I've read isn't actually a problem usually?)? Though she has a cochlear implant she couldn't hear or lipread to the point that she could understand most conversations etc so like... She couldn't really join in with most hearing-people conversations unless it was one-on-one (literally just me and her in a quiet corner so her aid and implant could pick up some sound) and she also couldn't communicate with other Deaf people?? I just... Maybe I should shut up because I'm not Dead, just autistic and mentally ill and part of those communities, it just doesn't make sense to me. Even the fact that we learn French and Spanish in schools but not BSL or sign supported English is weird to me.
Major decisions involving your child are difficult to make. As a parent you are provided with information that is delivered through a certain lens.
Many parents are shocked to find out their child is Deaf. Some can go into panic mode. The people they rely on for information are typically hearing doctors.
These doctors see deafness as something to be fixed. They tell parents that if you allow them to perform a very invasive Cochlear Implant surgery that their child will hear & speak. As a hearing and speaking parent of course you would want that for your child. You want your child to be like you. If they can't hear and speak how can they be part of the family, how can they get a job, make friends (panic mode)... What parents are not told is that it is a major surgery (they remove a piece of your skull and remove your cochlea, that snail shaped bit that is responsible for picking up and transmitting sound & then implant an electronic device), CI's can fail at any time leaving a person with zero ability to hear anything, that each child responds differently to what they can now hear (like your friend), some kids don't have the cognitive processing ability to make sense of whatever sound they do hear given other issues, that later in life implantation isn't always successful or that there is actually another option like teaching their child & learning sign language themselves.
CI's are great for many people but their are a lot of issues with them. Young babies are now being implanted with great success. One glaring problem is that Deaf culture is shrinking. But that's another story entirely.
Many schools, even schools for the Deaf are or have forced an oral only programming. My school at one point in history was oral only but they came to see the error of their ways.
Yes, common sense would say that Deaf kids and their families can and should learn sign language but that doesn't always happen.
I work at a school for the Deaf and sadly over 95% of our kids families DO NOT know sign language. Shocking, right? But true.
I hope that gave you a bit of an answer to your questions. Things seem really clear when you are on the outside. But when you are in the thick of it.... decisions involving the life of your child are not easy to make.
I do hope Jess discusses the problems around oralism. It's a fiercely debated topic.
I have a friend who is legally blind. He can see shapes and colors and can read if he has a magnifier and holds it right up to his eyes. His school refused to teach him how to read Braille even though he asked them when one of his blind friends gave him a Braille book.
Jess, this is fantastic! I've only ever heard the "HK overcame so much in her life" story. Cool to learn more about her. Thanks so much for expanding our knowledge!
I'm not physically disabled or d/Deaf, but as a multiply neurodivergent person, I am loving the snark towards Bell's eugenics nonsense.
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Your mannerisms during the eugenics section made me laugh! Eugenics are absolutely terrible, and your cheerful voice somehow made learning about it funny! Hope this makes sense and isnt offensive ^^; really enjoyed learning more about Helen Keller from you! Your voice is so wonderful! Your hair is gorgeous! Hope you're having a great day!
The shift in audio scared me stiff after you first yelled about the light. But I'm loving this series! I've learned some things today.
PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT Alexander Graham Bell!! He stole the invention of the telephone from Antonio Meucci instead of just doing his own work smh
thank you for being honest and showing both sides of a person that is honestly brought to sainthood to the point where people forget that she is a person and thus had negative qualities.
Thank you for doing this series, its nice to see successful people who are also disabled like myself. Also for showing the negative side of helen keller. Its important to see the full person not just the pieces we approve of. People arent black and white but so many shades of grey.
I grew up about 20 minutes away from Tuscumbia, where Helen Keller grew up. So when I saw that you uploaded this video I got so excited! Then I just NOW learned about her view on eugenics... no wonder they never taught us that in school. 😨
Helen Keller was a member of the New Church in Bryn Arhen Pennsylvania.
It has a magnificent cathedral for church services.
Many of Hellen Kellers scholarly works are housed in the New Church archives. Many of her books are for sale.
Man, I was looking at her Wikipedia article today and I was thinking "wow I mean she was a Wobbly, a socialist, an activist, she worked with the NAACP and other organizations, why do some people not like her?"
"Keller was a eugenicist."
"... Ah."
Thank you for presenting her as the whole, complex person she was. None of us is perfect and she certainly wasn't. But each of us deserves to be seen in our complexity, our humanity, regardless of disability.
I remember reading a biography about her, she was smart, and I did read about her being a eugenisis
I actually learned my first bits of sign language from a Helen Keller movie (which I watched a lot)
Spill the beans on Bell. Not enough know and more need to be aware of the divide in the Deaf Community when it comes to communication methods and how he played a monumental part of how we are today in the Deaf world.
I loved this. Thank you. It is, of course, important to look at our heroes as full human beings who sometimes take up odious ideas (eugenics). Margaret Sanger, who advocated so hard for birth control to help raise women and children out of poverty, was also misguidedly into eugenics. But, disability is such a variable thing, so even if a culture practiced eugenics (which it shouldn't) you would STILL have disabled people. And as Helen Keller and many other disabled people have shown, disabled people contribute to the fabric of society.
Bahahah. "Oh, God damnit. The lights gone!" 😂
Love learning about Helen Keller, too.
Ugh eugenics is so disgusting it's hard to even hear about BUT it's important not to forget or sweep the horrors under the rug! So THANK YOU for making this video, covering the hard stuff and spreading education!!!!!
My favourite video of yours yet - a truly brilliant and nuanced way of dismantling the way disability histories are so cruelly packaged into one inspirational/saintly/sinner story. Thank you always Jessica!
I love the sound of your voice and your amazing annunciation. I could listen to you speak for days.
Wow, mind blown! They didn’t teach us any of that in school.
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"Hey asexuals!" Hello to you too! Thanks for seeing us!
I just started learning ASL and learning about deaf culture and I never learned much about any of this in my ASL class
when you mentioned aces it made me so happy
Yes for the rant! I learned more in this video than I did in my ASL class - wow! *Angrily goes on a book hunt to add to future reading list.*
Would be thrilled to hear you say more about Bell.
I’m loving this series! I can tell all the research and work you put into these (and all your videos, really)!
I'd mention Olga Skorokhodova here as another blind and deaf woman, she was mostly famous in the Soviet Union for becoming a scientist and a research fellow. She lived a long life and wrote quite a few scientific articles and three very interesting books, "How I perceive the world", "How I perceive and represent the world" and "How I perceive, imagine and understand the surrounding world". As far as I remember, she focused mainly on introspection. If you ever make a video about her, that'd be cool :) And I can help with the source materials, as I'm from Russia, and actually studied Skorokhodova's biography and her works when I was a first-year Psychology student.
This is a really great video! I wrote an essay about this topic about a year ago, Keller's life is way more nuanced than people think it is.
I grew up about 30 miles from her childhood home. It's a historic site so we went there on field trips several times. The gardens are beautiful and you can take a picture with the pump. Better yet, all her writings, awards, and many personal items are on display. It's definitely worth a trip to Tuscumbia, AL.
A video dragging Alexander Graham Bell would be great, please
Oh my gosh I just learned so much!
That ensemble is rocking my world!
History is complicated, and also terrifying. Thx for this fab video, you always teach us so much.
Always a pleasure 🙏 ☺️
Oh I adore you, Jessica.
I was just talking to someone about how "Wouldn't it be easier if everyone learned sign language?" At least the basics - we already have signing as part of language, such as nodding and shaking our heads, thumbs up and such. We don't consider speaking contradictory to writing! There are situations when signing is easier, safer or more respectful to people around you than - like - yelling.
Jessica, thank you for the shoutouts you send my way. I am always appreciative of them.
I really REALLY love the content of this video!! Waiting for the next ones to be uploaded~
While listening to your video it occurred to me that maybe as a society we would be more empathetic and accepting of others if when we were taught about ‘great people of history’ we were taught a whole and balanced view like you gave here rather than given the impression that they were either amazing, wonderful, beneficial to society people or evil villains. Maybe then we would all grow up finding it easier to recognise this multidimensional-ness of everyone we come into contact with or discuss too.
Thank you for such a well presented, educational and thoughtful video
I’m so glad you made this video you always make such good ones when it comes to history (and anything else for that matter) as an American who has no disabilities I was barely told about Helen Keller in school all they told us was that she was both deaf and blind and found ways to live a typical life and then she was never mentioned again I’m so glad that I now know how much she accomplished and what she believed in both good and bad
You are truely beautiful inside and out.
oh boy....eugenics, I would be dead if it took over completely.
I liked this video as all of your other ones! ♥️
Try to search the topic Helen Keller nowadays on youtube: A lot of people think she never existed! 😱
A tiny note from one history interested person (with a broken heart about this topic) to another: The nazis did not only murder disabled people for eugenic reasons, they had a „Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring“ for eugenic reasons. Persons like psychiatric patients and alcoholics were included. Between 1934 and 1945 400.000 persons were sterilised, often against their will…
Love this! She was an interesting and layered person and you highlighted that beautifully! 💜
Please do give us a rant about Alexander Graham Bell! I'm sure you'd do a great job of it. It's amazing to see how people who are deaf, blind, or have other disabilities have been treated in the past and what things are still being perpetuated in this day and age. Just when i think we've learned to treat all people as people I find that there is so much my privileged life has blinded me to. I can't speak for others but, Thank you for educating me!
You are so pretty 😭 and this was one of the best talks about Helen Keller I’ve seen! I’ve learned so much from you about deafness.
I absolutely love and admire what you do. And I love the fact that you work so hard on your videos regardless of the topic! I love you are amazing!
I thought I knew about Helen Keller but I didn't know all these things , thank you for bringing these things to light. I remember seeing the movie The Miracle Worker with Patty Duke. It's still one my favorite! You have such a way of informing us that is so awesome! You one of my favorite teachers thank you!
"Hey Asexuals!" omg you're adorable :) This was an excellent video... I started following you for your (visual) style, but have to say i've got a bit of a heart-crush (affection crush? idk how to phrase it, it's like following an artist and liking what they do so much I call that someone being an "art-throb", but idk how it is for videos and not paint/pic/digital/other art) on the way you express yourself :) I really like the series, thanks for putting the time into it!
This is really cool! Please do more of these!
I've read about Hellen Keller since I was a child, but only in the past years discovered her political, adult side. Even so, this video was extremely educational on the details I never knew, especially relating to her regards on disabled children. It's true, she was not a martyr nor a victim as we are often taught, but I appreciate your firmness in viewing her as simply a person and naught more, naught less.
Hey back from an asexual! Also, I really like these informational type videos, you can never learn too much about the world and its people.
I loved your mini-rant! Your videos are always educational and entertaining .
This is such a well-rounded presentation. Thank you.
I would love a video about Bell!
Love history time with Jessica.
Wow! I had never learned any of this before! I had seen the Hallmark movie about her in the 90's, but it only focused on her childhood. And of course schools don't talk about disabled history.
My high school performed the play The Miracle Worker my junior year that I was in. We also did a performance of it that was fully signed by interpreters and had a Q & A with some of the Deaf people who came to it afterward. I also chose to take my first year of Sign Language the following year. Year two came my freshman year of college. I didn't go beyond my second year. Hope to do so some day in the future though!
I really like you Jessica, your videos as a final result and your topics. And your fashions.
Such a great video! A. G. Bell needs to forever be introduced as "eugenicist and inventor of the telephone", in that order. He had disgusting opinions, that man.
I have always admired Helen Keller and I am so happy to learn more about her.
I think this is my favorite series you do! More please!
Thank You, Thank You. I learned so much which was new. What better holiday gift than this. Happy Holidays to you and your wonderful wife.
Why don't we just teach both speaking/lip reading and sign language?
Also, loving the casual asexual acknowledgement 😸
Thank you for this. I discovered the story of Ms. Keller when I was 9 or 10, and at that young age felt agog at the very notion of somehow surviving in such a sensory-heavy world while missing two of those senses. I used to close my eyes and make my way around the house by feeling the walls, just to get the idea how *that* felt. I couldn’t pretend deaf though, no matter how tightly I clamped my hands down over my ears.
I never knew about her bent toward eugenics...I’m also not surprised. I’ve seen the film “Tomorrow’s Children” from the 30s. That idea was HUGE at the time, and even very reasonable people thought this idea would be good and reduce much suffering. Then Hitler. US was less interested after it saw what it meant in practice, and that it induced and increased suffering.
We haven’t always been very smart as a species, but most of us are trying to be our best.
Blessings on you and Claudia. You’re beautiful together.
It is refreshing things to do revisit history of a past and making good progress to explain hard situation !,,