Secrets and Anger?

I completely agree with his decision because if I was a minority at the time and a play about Asian-Americans OR something in Asian culture was produced I'd feel humiliated if a white person was casted. Art is about casting and showing the world what they do not see. I think that Mura's white friends wanted to convince Mura that the directors were doing the right things when casting (supporting white friends) instead of admitting that the director was wrong and did it on purpose to color-blind people. In Mura's situation I would have not let the issue go so easily and told them how I felt as soon as I felt it. If these two white people were really friends and artist as they claimed to be they would automatically understand and see what I would be trying to say. If I was Asian-American and I was turned down a role in a play to someone who was white, when the play was about Asian culture it would be completely humiliating to not only me but my culture as well.

One Being Cripple

Mairs basically restated most of what Dolnick said about how language is used to identify people. Although they also identify people by what they can or cannot do. Example being a crippled. People again look down on those who cannot function the same as everyone else, or what is not considered normal. It is really all about first impressions and how one is viewed. Often times we look at someone and only take them at face value and not who they really are. We don't stop to listen to them to talk to them because we automatically think that just because they are different in are un-superior to the rest of us. On Being Cripple it shows us that because we don't know the person and who they are we really don't understand them fully because we do not take the time out to get to know that person. If we really listened to the person we might understand them through their language as well as through their identity.

Deafness as a Culture.

In deafness as a culture Dolnick tells us that language isn't only spoken but also shown in sign language. This is the way the communicate and people look at them differently the majority of the time because they are not able to speak the English language. As in Tan's Mother Tongue we know that people look at those who cannot speak perfect English differently than those who can. This is a way of identifying people in a culture and influencing identity. When people call people names such as disabled or retarded or whatever names they can think of they start to identify themselves with those labels. There are several pre-conceptions that are used because of language, whether or not it be true. For Example: Retarded is someone who is mentally disabled, Disabled is someone who cannot fend for themselves and is often looked down upon and someone who does not speak perfect English is often viewed as stupid.