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Michelle Obama, Beyonce and Oprah have dark skin and are women with much more power in any number of spaces than the average Joe the plumber.

• beaugunderson 11y ago
  Please let me know if Michelle Obama ever closes a pull request from you because you're not a Black woman. ;P I am very curious though, what specific behavior are you worried this CoC will disallow? Can you give me an example of a bad outcome?
  • jp_sc 11y ago
    But does she is marginalized and need your protection? The point is, assuming it's impossible for a women to have power is extremely prejudiced
    • beaugunderson 11y ago
      Just to clarify, I didn't say that I couldn't think of examples of specific people with power/privilege, I said that I couldn't think of examples of public spaces similar to GitHub where current power structures are inverted. I'm not assuming that it's impossible for women to have power. I am listening to women who say that they feel unsafe when contributing to open source because of the power imbalance that exists (which this CoC seeks to help rectify).
  • Cthulhu_ 11y ago
    > Can you give me an example of a bad outcome? "Your pull request has been denied / your opinion is invalid because you are white / male / cis / straight" The CoC's part on "We will not act on complaints regarding" is basically stating that complaints about a statement like that - which is blatantly racist/sexist/etcist - will not be acted upon. Which is wrong.