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> Do I have to feel bad that I am male, white and engineer? No. > Why do I have to always read something is wrong with me? That's not what it was saying. The
by Manishearth 10y ago
> Do I have to feel bad that I am male, white and engineer?
No.
> Why do I have to always read something is wrong with me?
That's not what it was saying. There is something wrong with decision makers being homogeneous, this does not imply that the group the decision makers are from has something wrong with it.
> why does every article picture me as someone who has power and decision maker
Also not what it was saying. In many fields decision makers are overwhelmingly white/male, this does not imply the converse that most white men are decision makers (or have power, or are well off).
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The article recognizes that most folks in the unicode consortium are white men. That is a fact[1]. It further implies that this homogeneity is bad for Unicode, since a lack of perspective may lead to decisions that don't work out well for some languages.
[1]: However, the UC does consult with corresponding groups in individual countries when working specifically with a language. It's debatable whether or not this is enough to bring in perspective (especially in relation to things like CJK unification)