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That's not what the poster said, you sound defensive. They just said it's disappointing. Also if you are in change of putting together a panel on diversity and

That's not what the poster said, you sound defensive. They just said it's disappointing. Also if you are in change of putting together a panel on diversity and all you can come up with is white men, then maybe you need to grow your network and reconsider your approach.

pc86 9y ago
They didn't say it was disappointing. They said it was "the worst" to have white males talk about diversity. Is the implication anything other than "your gender and the color of your skin make your opinions on this topic worth [less|nothing]"? I don't see how it could be. Personally if I'm going to a tech conference I want to hear about tech, not about HR. But if you want to have talks on diversity it makes sense the speakers on that topic would be largely representative of speakers generally, which is mostly white males.
- chickenfries 9y ago
  "The worst is when you have the same white 5 males talking about diversity." That's what they said. In the context of talking about seeing the same speakers at conferences over and over.
  - pc86 9y ago
    The context is that the GP doesn't feel white men are qualified to speak on diversity.
    - chickenfries 9y ago
      Agree to disagree.
    - nojvek 9y ago
      I deeply care about diversity. It makes me glad to see different kinds of people from all over the world with different opinions, ages and upbringing at conferences. Google i/o had plenty of female speakers giving deep tech talks. That's awesome. Yest SpaceX host was an African American woman talking about rocket boosters. That's awesome. The reason I say this is while I was growing up society told me unconsciously that only white males can truly male it in tech. That's not true and you don't want to send that message unconsciously. It creates a cycle where people self select themselves into careers based on kind of people they see being celebrated as heroes.

pc86 9y ago

They didn't say it was disappointing. They said it was "the worst" to have white males talk about diversity. Is the implication anything other than "your gender and the color of your skin make your opinions on this topic worth [less|nothing]"? I don't see how it could be. Personally if I'm going to a tech conference I want to hear about tech, not about HR. But if you want to have talks on diversity it makes sense the speakers on that topic would be largely representative of speakers generally, which is mostly white males.

chickenfries 9y ago
"The worst is when you have the same white 5 males talking about diversity." That's what they said. In the context of talking about seeing the same speakers at conferences over and over.
- pc86 9y ago
  The context is that the GP doesn't feel white men are qualified to speak on diversity.
  - chickenfries 9y ago
    Agree to disagree.
  - nojvek 9y ago
    I deeply care about diversity. It makes me glad to see different kinds of people from all over the world with different opinions, ages and upbringing at conferences. Google i/o had plenty of female speakers giving deep tech talks. That's awesome. Yest SpaceX host was an African American woman talking about rocket boosters. That's awesome. The reason I say this is while I was growing up society told me unconsciously that only white males can truly male it in tech. That's not true and you don't want to send that message unconsciously. It creates a cycle where people self select themselves into careers based on kind of people they see being celebrated as heroes.