The Korea Medical University Graduate School of Medicine Student Association, which held the'Thank You Challenge', apologized to 370,000 deaf people.

The'Thank You Challenge' is a challenge conducted by medical school students nationwide in response to the government's medical policy, and uses a picture with a thumb down as a representative image. This is a parody of the'Thank You Challenge', where you express your gratitude to the medical staff by raising your thumb.


However, on the 21st, the challenge faced accusations of "Apologize to the deaf and sign language users" to several human rights organizations.

The Korean Deaf Association, a corporate judicial entity, stated in a statement that "a sign language in the form of raising a fist with an open thumb on the palm of the hand means to'respect' others." They use it as a symbol of their strike, so our deaf people are angry.”

He added, "Don't blaspheme the deaf's native language, sign language. Don't abuse the deaf sign language for the benefit of doctors."
The Asan-si branch of the Chungnam Deaf Association made a video and said, "People who use this way can only be interpreted as challenging the linguistic status of sign language. Please correct your behavior now."

"People who break down the barriers of disabilities" also said, "It is not only that sign language is caricatured, but the shape of the hand drawn can have negative meaning in some cases." "There is an aspect that can give you a negative perspective."

Several netizens who received the news also complained, "The people who claimed that they did not intend to ignore the native language of the peasants a hundred times, and those who have experienced these things once or twice, are of course uncomfortable and angry."


Eventually, the Medical University Association issued an apology on the 22nd and announced that it would revise the image representing the challenge. They said, "Thanks to it," he said, "I was trying to highlight the injured palm on the back of it." Revealed.

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(Source ='KADeaf','Medical University' Facebook,'Kim Soo-eo' YouTube)