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If there are institutional barriers to identity groups participating in scientific communities then there is a need for “identity politics” in those scientific
by smadge 8y ago
If there are institutional barriers to identity groups participating in scientific communities then there is a need for “identity politics” in those scientific communities to identify and remove the barriers. For example, I think the increased participation of women in science over the past century happened because of “activist” scientists acknowledging there were real barriers to women participating in science and then consciously dismantling those barriers.
- nisuni 8y agoAs a scientist from a minority I would say that I found no barriers in science, except for merit. Talking about today’s science of course, no 19th century one. I can accept that maybe there are still some barriers in some situations I am not aware of, but then the message should not be “more blacks in science” or “more women in science”. That’s countereffective and humiliating for minority people: the focus should be on the barriers, if any, not on the headcount. We are not pandas in need of protection.