This panel is a rare opportunity to peek into Deaf culture and to hear from Black Deaf individuals in the arts world. Michelle Banks, Fred Beam, Harold Foxx, and Ashlea Hayes, with Antoine Hunter, discuss how to work with Deaf directors, artists, performers, and dancers; debunk the myths and realities of Deaf dancers; and speak to how people of color face at least a “triple whammy” because they are already Deaf and experience specific discrimination in this intersection.

Panelists

Antoine Hunter, Abolition Democracy Artist Fellow, Black Studies Collaboratory, Department of African American Studies, UC Berkeley

Michelle Banks

Harold Foxx 

Fred Beam

Ashlea Hayes