Posted on 12/11/2013 6:17:38 AM PST by jlpigois
The international deaf community is angry over what they say was a fake sign language interpreter used at Mandela's memorial.
Watch: The sign interpreter signing at the Mandela memorial service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJlttIL2PSs
(Real SASL in the box to the left. My comment.)
It was an event the whole world was watching, but some deaf people couldn't understand a word spoken at Mandela’s memorial and took to Twitter to vent their frustration. Allegations have been made that the sign language interpreter used at the memorial may have been unqualified.
Braam Jordaan, a deaf South African citizen and board member of the World Federation of the Deaf Youth Section (WFD), told SBS he believes the interpreter is a fake.
"The structure of his hand, facial expressions and the body movements did not follow what the speaker was saying," he told SBS via email.
Mr Jordaan says the interpreter, who was signing for a portion of the ceremony including Obama's speech, was simply making up his own signs.
"I was really upset and humiliated by the mystery interpreter who was supposed to be signing what Barack Obama, the president of United States of America was saying," he says. "He made up his own signs."
"What happened at the memorial service is truly disgraceful thing to see - it should not happen at all.
"What happened today will be forever aligned with Nelson Mandela & Deaf Community, thanks to this fake interpreter."
Mr Jordaan says there have been question marks over the same interpretor at previous ANC events.
Watch: The interpreter signing along to Jacob Zuma at ANC Centenery Celebrations in Bloemfontein, South Africa in January 2012.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fzRSE_p1Ys
I didn’t expect them too. Perhaps you are referring to the original poster. I simply clarified some things about what sign language is
Sorry for that. My reply was meant to go to post #1.
Funny.However,I think that he’s in a SA Smokey Robinson tribute band.
Good to see affirmative action works, not just here, but in South Africa.
In my opinion, this guy is PERFECT. Prior to Botha surrendering in SA, SA worked. There were jobs for EVERY COLOR, and you could enforce a contract there. The standard of living was much higher than it is today.
That a black man would stand up in front of the world and basically demonstrate the current level of incompetence that is SA is only fitting.
There were probably no qualified people of any color to do the job, so why not hire the same guy that Zuma used previously. This isn’t the guy’s first gig.
Martin Luther King is, or was, a chump. THE LAST THING we are ever going to hear about the legacy of MLK is,
“. . . will no longer be judged by the color of their skin, but by the CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER.”
THAT, and only that, is MLK’s true legacy. Down the memory hole with it, and Churchill, and Thatcher.
The official hand sign for “OBAMA”
You tuck your thumbs in and hold up 4 fingers on each hand.
It means “ate-up with the dumb-ass”.
that’s okay happens to me from time to time … ;)
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