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I am a tad bit confused at the premise of the article. It is primarily complaining that race (or gender) is just one dimension of diversity. To the extent of my
by pj_mukh 10y ago
I am a tad bit confused at the premise of the article. It is primarily complaining that race (or gender) is just one dimension of diversity. To the extent of my anecdotal experiences, most diversity advocates whole-heartedly agree.
The example he uses, Project Include, specifically cites, "gender, race, class, age, religion, disability, education, sexual orientation, and others" and calls it a multi-dimensional problem [1].
Example: cis white men from poor or troubled families are most definitely included in this definition of under-represented minorities. It maybe difficult to explicitly measure, but they are definitely included.
There maybe specific organizations that work with a single dimension but I would like to see data on this supposed proliferation of solely race/gender based diversity organizations. Lots of good organizations work with other dimensions of minority representation. Stride[2], focussed on socio-economic conditions, in the bay area comes to mind.
[1] http://projectinclude.org/about/ http://projectinclude.org/about/
[2] http://www.stridecenter.org/ http://www.stridecenter.org/
- mzw_mzw 10y ago> Example: cis white men from poor or troubled families are most definitely included in this definition of under-represented minorities. It maybe difficult to explicitly measure, but they are definitely included. The fact that poor white men are technically included in certain definitions of "disadvantaged" by obscure organizations no one has ever heard of, is of little import in the real world: where programs to, say, get more poor coal miners' sons from Appalachia into tech are thin on the ground, and anyone talking about those people's problems gets torrents of abuse and remarks about "white tears."
- pj_mukh 10y agoAgain, not sure what you are talking about. This particular situation (Appalachia in tech) was loudly celebrated in all circles[1]. This seems to be an enemy that's been made up (or defined by a thin fringe). https://backchannel.com/canary-in-the-code-mine-903884eca853#.oym3f187q https://backchannel.com/canary-in-the-code-mine-903884eca853...
- mzw_mzw 10y agoI said "thin on the ground," not "nonexistent." There are a few people who genuinely want real inclusion and work for it, and they're heroes. But they aren't calling the shots.