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Are you implying that only non-underrepresented engineers are capable of uncomfortable speech? I'm sure any terminology can make some engineer (underrepresente

by 627467 6y ago

Are you implying that only non-underrepresented engineers are capable of uncomfortable speech? I'm sure any terminology can make some engineer (underrepresented or not) uncomfortable. Therapy may help if it becomes recurrent and hard to manage. I'm pretty sure most engineers, underrepresented or not, would appreciate a healthy, dignifying and diverse management structure and workplace so that uncomfortable language not only is less likely to naturally happen, but when it does happen everyone (underrepresented or not) is adult enough to know if a line was crossed. I'm pretty sure that underrepresented groups would prioritize stopped being randomly killed, be evicted, be massively encarcerated, be without healthcare and be in a constant dog-eat-dog environment.

spikeseltzer 6y ago
Not implying that at all — although I do think we should prioritize the concerns of those who are currently underrepresented, especially when they regularly observe racism in our industry on that basis. > I'm pretty sure that underrepresented groups would prioritize stopped being randomly killed, be evicted, be massively encarcerated, be without healthcare and be in a constant dog-eat-dog environment. Regarding this I’m not sure what mechanism you had in mind for github to solve these issues, but it sounds like the sort of thing I’d support as well. I’ve campaigned for them to drop their contract with ICE for some time now, maybe you have too.