Black American Sign Language - Flashcard

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McCaskill's attendance at Alabama School for the Negro Deaf

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1964 to 1968

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McCaskill's learning at Alabama School for the Negro Deaf

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Sign language

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Reason for McCaskill's move to white institution

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Forced by the government

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Sign language at white institution

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Different from black institution

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McCaskill's action to continue education

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Adopted the language of the white students

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White deaf people's feelings seeing black deaf person signing

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It's too much

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Attitudes about language

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The person using the language

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Factor in language variation

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Race

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Code switching for black deaf people

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To communicate with different people

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Concern of black deaf people

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Preserving their language