The Hearers

The Hearers are the people of Norden who are able to hear. By hearing you are by default a Hearer, however some people might commit more to the fight of equality between deaf and hearing in the name of the Hearers. The Hearers as activists are opposing how all societal structures are adjusted to fit the deaf as well as they mourn the loss of their culture that existed before The Deaf Pandemic. Now when hearers make up around 20 percent of Nordens population, they are starting to question the government and the society's unwillingness to adjust for the increasing number of hearers. The opposing party and political faction is called the Founders.

After the pandemic destroyed the part of the human DNA that made hearing possible, only a couple of hundreds of people were known to have their hearing intact. Scientists have to this day not come to any conclusion of why some people were not affected by the vaccine. These hearers became outcasts. Others would envy them for keeping their hearing and after the nation of Norden settled and society transformed for the deaf, hearers were uninvited to take part of the new world. Hearers have ever since the pandemic been a discriminated minority group and are supposed to be untrustworthy, thieves and liars since they have their own way to communicate and an extra sense to understand the world.

As the Founders and its supporters have grown to the largest political faction of Norden, the Hearers have organised protests, groups and hearer-only-organisations. Their unofficial spokesperson, known to attend all protests, rallies and make aggressive speeches, is Lara Berg.

Type

Social, Group