I tried this once while teaching a course on Socio-cultural Aspects of
Deafness to a class of 16 hearing and 1 Deaf (all of whom happened to be
white, and one of whom (himself hearing) had Deaf parents). I myself am
hearing, but also a visible minority. I raised the question of visible
minority deaf people, and got a nice heated discussion going. I also
had students write dialogue journals throughout that class in prep for a
final paper on some relevant topic. One of the most memorable
statements came from a (I hope) rather naive young woman who stated
"I always assumed they [visible minorities] knew their place."
After I peeled myself off the ceiling .....
I asked what that place might be?
My sympathies, Melanie, and good luck.
Tane Akamatsu