"Deaf and dumb" nghĩa là gì?

"Deaf and dumb" -> nghĩa là câm điếc; dù trước đây cụm từ này được dùng không có ý xúc phạm, nhưng ngày nay không còn được coi là phù hợp.

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How the 'conversion gang' brainwashed a deaf and dumb boy, sowed poison in him against his family and religion.

"The deaf and dumb son of a couple living in Kalyanpur, Kanpur, was converted and sent to South India. Thousands of such cases have come to light. People were promised money and jobs in lieu of conversion (thay cho sự chuyển biến)," Uttar Pradesh ADG (Law and order) Prashant Kumar had said during a press conference.

Fleeting forever, she as a mother lost her valuable life. But as a woman, her death robbed her of her identity. She had been turned into a non-entity who became the subject matter for material momentum and temporal trivia. Her worldly assets defined her ‘affiliation’. The senseless society, bloated with a deaf and dumb populace (quần chúng), couldn’t salvage (lấy lại) her worth and her individuality. No one thought of her traumatized kids, who were too small to understand the long-term consequences of losing a loving mother.

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