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If you need your faith in humanity restored after learning that the sign language translator at Nelson Mandela's funeral was faking it, here's the video for you.
In it, a little girl from the Tampa Bay area gives 110 percent as she signs out the words to various different holiday songs. The accompanying information reveals that she is a "KODA," or kid of deaf adults. So, this is what real sign language — and real goodness — looks like.
— Jim Dalrymple II
Twitter: @jimmycdii