I never knew the Deaf community was so fractured, over seemingly petty nuances, like born deaf v. going deaf later in life, or deafness with no hearing aid v. recipientsof the Cochlear Implant.
It's like a case study on the pattern of failure amongst non-monolithic disenfranchised groups.
I can't help but find similarity with the crab-in-a-barrel beefs between current Philly Street Rappers, and the historic disputes NFL Teammates have with their Black Quarterbacks-- just to name two examples.
watched 'Switched at Birth' on Netflix (wasn't my idea, wife was hogging the TV, I got sucked in); it was 'aight I guess. But my point is: yeah there's a lot of things we perceive to be petty that are apparently a part of living with hearing loss.
I know the show is a SHOW, but still - one kid got mad at his (born deaf) father for wanting to get a cochlear implant.