Thursday, December 12, 2013

The Mandela Sign Interpreter.

The latest in this strange and unexpected tale coming out of the widely-publicized Mandela tribute and the allegedly faked sign-language...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/12/mandela-memorial-interpreter-schizophrenia-sign-language

And one article arguing that, although it has angered deaf people around the world, this episode has actually brought light to a regularly un-discussed problem...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/12/nelson-mandela-sign-language-interpreter-deaf-people-antjie?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487

and another article (linked in the comments, so take that into consideration as I have no idea how legit the writer is) which argues the "Schizophrenic episode" explanation doesn't seem plausible...
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/dcal-news/Mandela_Interpreter

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