Boycott Matthew Moore Conference!
July 19, 2006
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.deafpeopleofcolor.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 white allies are important, his announcement is slap in the face to Deaf people of color everywhere. It is like the equivalent of a hearing person who does not know sign language that has decided to set up a conference for Deaf people to help them learn about ASL. This person has NO business setting up such a conference.
Given that this WHITE man is plastering his name, business name all over the conference pages of a conference one should stop and seriously question his motives.
While a Deaf POC conference such as this one is NEEDED, it should be set up, coordinated and run by DEAF PEOPLE OF COLOR, not some white man who appears to just want to advertise his name and business. I encourage all Deaf people of color to BOYCOTT this conference and instead come together to set one up of our own through organizations such as NBDA, IDC, NDLC, etc.
As for this conference, please do not attend and encourage others to BOYCOTT it as well. Let’s send a message that we are not anyone’s TOKENS! Shame on you, Matthew Moore!
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MSM Sucks | July 20, 2006 at 2:50 am
Looks like Matthew Scott Moore is finally getting his due. He’s currently under fire on another blog for his unethical practices. See http://www.ridorlive.com Be sure to read all the comments posted. Quite a number of people have had bad experiences with him. So this does not surprise me at all.
Personally, I would never attend another conference run by MSM. He is a nazi. You can’t even leave to go to the bathroom in the middle of an ASLTA conference without risk of losing CEUs. He treats conference goers like little kids instead of the professionals we are. I was so disgusted by my last experience that I decided not to continue my membership with ASLTA.
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GinoNY | July 21, 2006 at 7:04 am
I completely support this boycott and also question Matthew’s motives. However, knowing Matthew, it’s wishful thinking to that he’ll resign. “Doing the right thing” does not appear to be in his vocabulary.
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Chris Leon | July 28, 2006 at 4:32 pm
Please post your comments in the “Update on Matthew Moore Boycott” section…
http://chrisleon.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/update-on-matthew-moore-boycott/
Peace out,
Chris
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Gil | November 17, 2006 at 1:56 am
I met Moore once. Found him to be an arrogant prick. He seems to be at the center of one controversy after another.