00:05a
00:06there's a firestorm this evening at gallaudet university
00:10the world's only
00:12deaf university
00:14the time
00:16was now to light a match
00:19the school's board of trustees
00:21bypassed two deaf candidates for the school's
00:24presidency in favor
00:26of a woman who can hear
00:27we wanted to scream out
00:32but how
00:33do you scream out in our language
00:37we knew
00:38we would have to have a plan
00:39together we're united
00:41we pull all the fire alarms
00:45and everyone would know to go
00:47outside the lights started
00:49flickering and i could feel the vibration
00:54we locked all
00:56the gates and students blocked
00:57any entrance to the campus
00:59my grandfather called me
01:01and he said
01:04oh lord
01:08according to peace and peace
01:09you'll be on rest
01:11we give up our soul in order to get
01:15a deaf president
01:18it wasn't just about getting a deaf president
01:21it was more than that
01:25we couldn't accept a leader who didn't understand our world
01:29she said deaf people are not ready to function in a hearing world
01:34you heard it right
01:35i did not say that
01:39this is not just a protest
01:41it's a revolution
01:51we hear all the time
01:53you can't
01:54you can't
01:59no not this time
02:01deaf can
02:07you
02:08Grazie a tutti
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