Talk:Jane Fernandes

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9thprez.com is a propaganda website. Heavily biased websites are unacceptable in wikipedia.

To that person working for the Univ adm who keeps on deleting the paragraph about the protest: It is a FACT that there is a large number of students and the faculty protesting her selection. Accept it. Leave the page alone.

"Students objected to the appointment of Jane Fernandes ... because she did not grow up using American Sign Language." I'm quite sure washington post is considered as a verified source. If you don't like WP's opinion, tough. Anyway, this appear to be one of the major reason for objection initially which was later switched to something more acceptable.Vapour

Nope, the Washington Post didn't understand the reasons for protesting at first due to communication problems. It's really unethical of you to include early newspaper coverage when reporters didn't understand the subject fully. Pulsar20

[edit] What reasons if not cultural?

Hello, I've been trying to follow this controversy and have been having a hard time. Basically, the first version of the story I've heard is the "not deaf enough" version; later, I've heard that this is a "caricature", but haven't heard any specific other reasons cited. This article is frustratingly vague on the subject, saying only that "The protesters point to her past decisions that they feel are questionable and don't reflect qualities of a solid leader" and "Some students also criticized Fernandes for not having warm relations with students". These strike me as being extremely nonspecific for someone who has engendered such depth of feeling. I'm not doubting that there are other reasons for opposition to her appointment, but I would like to hear more specific reasons. What past decisions of hers are questionable and reflect poorly on her leadership? Are there specific incidents of relations with students that are less than warm? And if protest signs at Gallaudet are readin "You're killing our culture!" (as cited here), how does that fit in with the alternative explanation? --Jfruh (talk) 01:35, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Jfruh, you can find all answers from the other side of the coin (from JKF): Gallaudet FSSA's website: http://about.gufssa.com/ . You will see the 4 core issues that FSSA has regarding the protest and you can also click on the questions on the right side for additional details. Hope this helps. Cflannagan 23:44, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quote from application

What's with all the references to her race in the quote? Does this have some meaning within the Deaf community that people outside of that community do not understand? Like is there some significant difference between the white Deaf community and the Deaf communities of other races? This needs to be explained. As it stands, it looks like she might be racist for mentioning her race, even repeatedly, when it doesn't appear to be at all relevant. If there's some info that would clarify this to people outside the Deaf community, it really needs to be added. --68.239.140.92 19:54, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm a Gallaudet student and I can say nobody understands her intention for making a such statement. You can read the whole thing: http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:yrxsPs0KB80J:pr.gallaudet.edu/presidentalsearch/%3FID%3D8639+jane+fernandes+white+gallaudet&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=4&client=safari (the statement's near the closing) My guess is that she was trying to show how aware she is of the importance of racial identity. pulsar20