Transitions: Brian Brizendine

Transitions: Brian Brizendine

In this video Brian Brizendine recalls losing his position as a sub at The Washington Post.

Zilvinas Paludnevicius

Drs. John S. and Betty J. Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center Collection

2022

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American Sign Language

A video featuring an ASL interview with Brian Brizendine, an older white man seated in the Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center.

Brian Brizendine: Oh, I mean, we were forced to leave The Washington Post. They were done with substitute workers, the list came down. “We don’t need you.” Computers, technology, it had taken over. So there was no work to be done. Some of us showed up and just sat in the snack room. Doing nothing. It was over for us. We were subs, not permanent workers. Even though I had priority. It didn’t matter. I’d hoped that I would get by, but no such luck. I had to leave. So I left in 1991, I didn’t retire. I went back to school. In ‘91, I only had a bachelor’s degree. So I went to McDaniel - at the time it was Western Maryland College- and I got my masters. Then I got a job at the Indiana School for the Deaf. I taught there and went to school for four summers. And I was done.Then I moved to the Maryland School for the Deaf and I retired 12 years ago.

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