Meetup in Kerala Feb end/March start
I will be in Kerala from Feb 21 to March 9. Who all want to meet up? Either we can just meet and talk or we can go meet other people or organizations who may be interested in Pirate ideas.
@ambadyanands , @fayadfami , @akshay , @balasankarchelamat , @anandj1 , @anisha , @mahirbinfarooque , @nandajavarma , @riyazusman , @soorajkenoth , @shine , @vishnu , @suneesh
Pirate Praveen Fri 3 Feb 2017 6:15AM
I wish it was that simple. Pretending discrimination does not exist does not solve the underlying problem. Why do people make screen readers like orca, instead they can just assume everyone has eyes, no?
Sooraj Kenoth Thu 2 Feb 2017 2:16PM
I am ok with the date
Pirate Praveen Fri 3 Feb 2017 6:16AM
Ok, so lets finalize 27th/28th as meet up date.
Sooraj Kenoth Fri 3 Feb 2017 8:37AM
I did not say we do not have discrimination. We have. It is multiple forms and it is a part of evolution and was a self defence mechanism too. It not just based on cast. It has multiple forms in different context. It will always there in a hierarchical society. So best way is break the hierarchy, and address everyone equally
We can move this to a new thread if required.
Pirate Praveen Fri 3 Feb 2017 9:31AM
The problem is your simplification of the solution as just addressing everyone equally. Suppose five people are running a 100 meter race, 4 of them are string from half the mark and another from zero, we just pretend we don't see the discrimination and address all equally. Is that enough? What we should do is to make sure all gets the same opportunity. When someone is denied that opportunity for years, it needs corrective action.
Pirate Praveen Sat 4 Feb 2017 5:05AM
Pirate Praveen Tue 28 Feb 2017 3:27AM
We met yesterday at Syam's home in Thrissur. @ambadyanands , @soorajkenoth , Sruthi, Kannan and Mujeeb joined.
We talked about our decision making structure and bringing new people to the collective.
@abhijithb21 offered to host us at his home on March 5. @fayadfami will be there. Who else can join?
Sooraj Kenoth · Thu 2 Feb 2017 2:16PM
I really don't want to identify people as women, dalits, adivasis, sexuality. Let be identify ourself as human beings or pirates. I think that is the best way to fight against discrimination.