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7. Catholic schools for the deaf and apartheid (1948-1968)

  • Mark James (author)
Chapter of: Proud to be Deaf: Saintliness in the Catholic Deaf community in South Africa from 1874-1994

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Title7. Catholic schools for the deaf and apartheid (1948-1968)
Landing pagehttps://ujonlinepress.uj.ac.za/index.php/ujp/catalog/book/200
PublisherUJ Press
Published on2025-05-29
Long abstractCatholic education for the deaf existed within the context of racial segregation first and then under apartheid after 1948. Catholic schools for the deaf were not exempt and this chapter recounts how schools for the deaf were necessarily racially segregated most radically after 1948. The Church hardly resisted these policies as it was dependent on government funding to cover the expense of paying teachers and covering the expenses for the technology required for maintaining the oral method of deaf education. In African schools for the deaf sign language was permitted because schools were more poorly funded and did not have the resources to pay for expensive technology. This is evaluated through the critical lens of Levinas’ understanding of the use of money in society.