“I am proud of you,” Stephon signed. “Thank you,” the President signed back.

Stephon stood just a few feet away from Barack Obama. The president, busy shaking hands, looked right at him. “It was like he was waiting for me to say something,” he said later.

So the 26-year-old Prince George’s Community College student took his cue and spoke to President Obama in his first language: American Sign Language. “I am proud of you,” Stephon signed. The president, almost involuntary, instinctively, immediately signed back.

“Thank you,” Obama replied.

This is one of those moments that humanize the office of the presidency:

Read more about the student’s experience here, and how Mrs Obama knows some sign language as well.

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One Response to “I am proud of you,” Stephon signed. “Thank you,” the President signed back.

  1. shawnwilson says:

    Thats pretty cool right there!! I wonder if GWB would have done that.

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