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I think the problem with this view, especially in software development, is that it will pretty soundly continue the current status quo in diversity. We won't ge
by lacampbell 7y ago
I think the problem with this view, especially in software development, is that it will pretty soundly continue the current status quo in diversity. We won't get more diversity without some political discussion.
What if the opposite happened, and political discussion resulted in people arguing for less diversity?
The status quo might seem pretty appealing at that point.
- FussyZeus 7y agoWhat exactly is this point you keep trying to make all over this thread? Accept the status quo and don't talk too much, or it might get worse? What on Earth kind of philosophy is that?
- lacampbell 7y agoI thought my point was obvious, but I suppose you need to meet your audience half way. I suspect people want to discuss politics at work if they feel their politics matches the politics around them. What they really want is a bit of a circlejerk or (at worst) a mild debate within narrow confines of what they consider acceptable. If they thought most people disagreed with them, or that they were a political minority, they'd want politics off the table. In a post above you said "Keep politics out of $thing" is the purest expression of privilege. You could not be more wrong. "Let me discuss politics in $thing" is the privilege of someone who wants to ruin apolitical situations for the people that disagree with them - who they suspect are in a minority.