Jennifer Pastiloff: ‘CODA’ Teaches Us About Shame, Inclusivity and Representation of the Deaf Community
Jennifer Pastiloff I don’t know what took me so long to watch Siân Heder’s Oscar-nominated drama “CODA.” One of my closest friends, MJ Grant, is a CODA: a child of deaf adults. I was commanded to watch. People on social media, MJ, an Amazon delivery driver I’d waved to who wore hearing aids, my third cousin — everyone insisted I watch it.My delay wasn’t for lack of knowing it’d be great; the hundreds of “You Must Watch It Now” messages were evidence of that.My delay was because I was scared.I am deaf.