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It's really bullshit to ask people from disadvantaged groups to take on additional responsibilities and "educate" their less disadvantaged peers. To give an ex
by onetwotree 10y ago
It's really bullshit to ask people from disadvantaged groups to take on additional responsibilities and "educate" their less disadvantaged peers.
To give an example that is, in my opinion, much more disturbing, but qualitatively similar, my friend, who's a trans guy, was living in a sober house a while back. The manager demanded that he reveal his gender identity (he passes like a pro, beard and everything) to his conservative, homophobic roommates. The manager seemed to be well intentioned and wanted to "teach the roommates a less about diversity", but hey guess what, that's not my friend's fucking job. His "job" in sober living, simply put, is to stay sober. He did so with flying colors, but someone with a more tenuous recovery could easily have been pushed over the edge by this bs.
Similarly, it's not the job of women in tech to represent other women and try to force cultural changes. It's their job to be good at tech.