1) What was the deaf protest in 1988 was about? Students and facility of Gallaudet University was offended and outraged that the University’s Board of Trustees appointed Elisabeth Zinser, a hearing person as the seventh president of Gallaudet instead of the deaf person. The point of the protest was to express their thoughts and demand that the board change their decision.
2) What were the four demands of the deaf and hard of hearing people? Four demands had to be met before the students and facility stopped the strike and reopen the university. Their first demand was that Elisabeth Zinser immediately step down as president and that the board appoint a new president that was deaf. Their second demand was the head of the board trustees, Jane Spilman would resign from her job as chairperson. Demand three was to ensure the future of the university involved deaf representatives that would fight for them so that they wouldn’t have to protest again. To do that they demanded that the board of trustees must be made up of 51% or more deaf chairpersons, so the deaf people don’t get looked over. Lastly to ensure that the members of the protest would not be punished they demanded that there would be no reprisals against any staff member of student involved in the protest.
3)…show more content… Out of the three candidates for president the only hearing was the one appointed. This insulted and frustrated the deaf members of the campus which lead them to protesting. There also has never been a deaf president at a profoundly deaf school. Which causes one to wonder why? The clear bias lead the protesters to take a stand against the board. Another reason they were upset was that the board didn’t announce their decision at the campus like planned then had the new disrupted out through press releases. Not showing their face and explaining their decision was a slap in the face on an already tender
