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This mistaken belief, fostered by hearing people's cultural views, has had tragic consequences for the education of deaf children; generations of children have attended schools in which they were forbidden to use a signed language. For Deaf people, as Padden and Humphries make clear, their signed language is life-giving, and is at the center of a rich cultural heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tension between Deaf people's views of themselves and the way the hearing world views them finds its way into their stories, which include tales about their origins and the characteristics they consider necessary for their existence and survival. \u003ci\u003eDeaf in America\u003c\/i\u003e includes folktales, accounts of old home movies, jokes, reminiscences, and translations of signed poems and modern signed performances. 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