PDr. Parks
Do you know any deaf people, Dr. Benton?
No. No, I don't.
PDr. Parks
Have you ever thought that being deaf might not be so terrible?
So, you're saying there's no problem?
PDr. Parks
You can never know what it's like to be deaf. Just like I can never know what it's like to be black.
I don't look at me being black as a burden. That's who I am.
PDr. Parks
And I don't look at my deafness as a burden. That's who I am. If you turn away from your son's deafness, you will be robbing him of his identity.
My son has a medical problem. I'm not turning away from anything. I'm trying to fix it.
More E.R. quotes · These quotes come from Wikiquote's E.R. pages and are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.