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This term was first coined by Mr. Barry Sewell, a well known controversial blogger and vlogger. Mr. Sewell v/blogged on the subject called "I'm Deafless" and stirred a huge controversy on the v/blog sphere. This controversial v/blog spewed so much energy and resulted in over seventy (70) v/blogs created by numerous v/bloggers. During the process it was realized that the term became worthy of global discussion. Numerous culturally and linguistically Deaf people would categorized certain deaf people as "not deaf enough" without giving them the proper term for it. This has gone on for many decades and those that were labeled as "not deaf enough" were left with the stigma of no name because they did not fit into the Deaf world nor did they fit into the Hearing world. They were in the middle so they had no identity to work with. It was done because the culturally and linguistically Deaf people wanted the upper hand in their society and wanted to dominate their own people by stating that culturally and linguistically soaked Deaf people were socially superior than those who lacked such status.
The problem began many decades ago when certain culturally and linguistically Deaf people were so proud and protective of their deaf culture and language. They fought off anything that was seen as impure ASL (American Sign Language) and would oppress and discriminate against certain deaf people who were were not seen as culturally and linguistically deaf and enriched in the deaf world. The "not deaf enough" stigma is very comparable and similar to Native Americans' term for those who were not red enough because they spent most of their lives living the white man's ways therefore they were seen as culturally and linguistically "too white" or "too European". Numerous Native Americans were rejected by their own people simply because they were not red enough.
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