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4.19 - Professor Marillo's assumption

posted 9 years ago by kolnoaMograbi
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When Daphne introduces Prof. Marillo to Katheryn, Marillo says, "So the deafness isn't hereditary". Meaning what?

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[–] jarethismyking 9 years ago

She's a professor in Biology, I'm sure she's done research in genetics, so it was kind of like scientific curiosity.

[–] corkscrewsareevil 8 years ago

Since many deaf children are born to hearing parents with no family history of deafness, Prof. Marillo's comment does come off as ignorant &/or offensive. Also, as in Daphane's case, children can lose their hearing later in childhood (via illness or accident).
Prof. Marillo always seemed
the "I'm-better/smarter-than-you" type anyway. Personally I was glad to see Kathryn 'fight back'.