Chris Leon's Roar

Censorship on DeafRead
Chris Leon   I remember reading a comment from DeafRead’s founder, Tayler Mayer, where he claims that DeafRead is all about neutrality and that blog entries are published on DeafRead in an unbiased manner. Well apparently, that’s not the case. Instead of allowing for healthy discourse on the subject, the DeafRead editors appear to have decided not […]
Fri, Feb 06 2015

Unfair Advantage: DeafRead Editors Should Recuse Themselves
Chris Leon DeafRead Awards Contest Ethics Questioned I’ve heard a lot of grumbling lately about the DeafRead editors being candidates for the upcoming DeafRead Awards taking place in California next month. Nearly all of the editors have been nominated in one or more award categories. I have to agree with those who think this stinks to high […]
Fri, Feb 06 2015

Ridor Threatens to Sue
Chris Leon Two weeks ago, I did an interview with Ridor of RidorLive.com for this blog. I have no problem saying I’m a Ridor fan. While I don’t agree with half the things he says or writes about, I love the guy. As I got home from work today, I made a mental note to finish the […]
Fri, Feb 06 2015

Censorship on DeafRead
Chris Leon I remember reading a comment from DeafRead's founder, Tayler Mayer, where he claims that DeafRead is all about neutrality and that blog entries are published on DeafRead in an unbiased manner. Well apparently, that's not the case. Instead of allowing for healthy discourse on the subject, the DeafRead editors appear to have decided not to [...]
Sat, Jan 26 2008

Unfair Advantage: DeafRead Editors Should Recuse Themselves
Chris Leon DeafRead Awards Contest Ethics Questioned I've heard a lot of grumbling lately about the DeafRead editors being candidates for the upcoming DeafRead Awards taking place in California next month. Nearly all of the editors have been nominated in one or more award categories. I have to agree with those who think this stinks to [...]
Sat, Jan 26 2008

Ridor Threatens to Sue
Chris Leon Two weeks ago, I did an interview with Ridor of RidorLive.com for this blog. I have no problem saying I'm a Ridor fan. While I don't agree with half the things he says or writes about, I love the guy. As I got home from work today, I made a mental note to finish the Ridor [...]
Tue, Jan 09 2007

Chris Leon?s Roar #1 on WordPress!
Chris Leon Much to my surprise, WordPress ranked this blog #1 yesterday on it's “Growing Blogs” and “WordPress.com Blogs of the Day“. Awesome! Especially when you consider the fact that WordPress is home to over a half million blogs!This blog has generated a great deal of traffic lately. I'm humbled by this. I must give [...]
Sun, Jan 07 2007

First-Ever Deaf B/Vlogging Conference
Chris Leon Gallaudet University's Coalition for Critical Inquiry is putting together a one-day b/vlogging conference to take place on February 3. Kudos to Gallaudet for recognizing the importance and impact of b/vlogging. Among those invited to participate as panelists include yours truly. Here's the official announcement:‘Vlogging/Blogging the Future of Gallaudet' This [...]
Fri, Jan 05 2007

Bay Area Getting Too Big for It?s Britches?
Chris Leon I'm imagining one of Dan McClintock's great political ASL cartoons here in this exact spot. It's a cartoon of the state of California signing “big headed”. He hasn't drawn it yet, but I can see it so vividly. Big Headed Bay Area. In case you haven't heard, the Bay Area in California has put together a “Deaf [...]
Fri, Dec 22 2006

Silly Hearing People
Chris Leon Did you read about the guy in New York that had his gym membership revoked for “grunting” during his workout? Yep. Sounds farfetched, but it actually happened at the Planet Fitness Gym in Dutches County. See the related news story in the previous entry. When I first heard about this story, I had a good [...]
Wed, Nov 22 2006

CoSC Recognized by the Gallaudet BoT
Chris Leon While the Coalition of Students of Color may not yet be an officially recognized organization under the Student Body Government, in a memo released today by BoT Chair Pamela Homes, the Gallaudet Board of Trustees recognized the CoSC and gave them a spot on the Interim President Selection Advisory Committee. Neisha Washington has been selected [...]
Fri, Nov 17 2006

CoSC Members Respond to FSSA Open Letter
Chris Leon Memorandum To: BOT and Gallaudet Community Subject: Open Letter in Response to LaToya Plummer and Delia Lozano-Martinez?s Memorandum. Date: Thursday, November 16, 2006 Ladies and [...]
Fri, Nov 17 2006

Shame on You, FSSA!
Chris Leon You have to read it to believe it. Even after reading it, I still can’t believe it. The Gallaudet FSSA posted this open letter on their web page yesterday... ——- Begin Letter ——- November 15, 2006 Students Report - November 11 Meeting with Board of Trustees MEMORANDUM TO: GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES SUBJECT: OPEN LETTER OF [...]
Fri, Nov 17 2006

Fusewireless = Spammer
Chris Leon Today, I received several sales e-mail announcements from Fusewireless. The e-mails were announcing their “Sidekick 3 Super Sale”. I have never visited their web site, have never done business with this company and have no idea how I got on their e-mail list. I don’t know about you but I’m absolutely sick of spam and those [...]
Sun, Nov 05 2006

Will FSSA Walk the Talk?
Chris Leon If you haven’t heard the news by now, the Gallaudet Board of Trustees terminated their contract with Dr. Jane Fernandes at a special Board meeting earlier today. The protest is over. At least for now. Many people of color I have spoken to have expressed mixed feelings about the protest. Many of us have felt the [...]
Mon, Oct 30 2006

Racism's Sidekick
Chris Leon I love video games. I can’t imagine life before an XBox and I’ve been thrilled to see the flood of new games being offered by T-Mobile for my Sidekick. I admit it. T-Mobile has successfully gained control of my wallet. I don’t blink at forking over $5.99 for a video game, and I won’t hesitate [...]
Fri, Jul 21 2006

Update on Matthew Moore Boycott
Chris Leon Since I sent out that boycott announcement in April, Matthew Moore appears to have toned down his peopleofcolor web site. He’s still the conference coordinator, however, and his business — MSM Productions — is still plastered all over the conference pages. I received an e-mail from Laurene Simms saying that she was the one who approached [...]
Thu, Jul 20 2006

Boycott Matthew Moore Conference!
Chris Leon Originally posted in April at http://chrisleonroar.blogspot.com/ Matthew Moore, a white man from Rochester, N.Y., has announced that he has set up a People of Color conference — www.peopleofcolor.com — to take place next March in Indianapolis. I’m encouraging all Deaf people of color (POC) to boycott this conference! First, of all, Moore is a WHITE man. While [...]
Thu, Jul 20 2006