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I think it’s interesting to see this list get longer year by year. It’s good to have an ideal of welcoming, but curious to me what particular characteristics ar

I think it’s interesting to see this list get longer year by year. It’s good to have an ideal of welcoming, but curious to me what particular characteristics are “list worthy.” It reminds me when those people raise their hand in a talk and say “what about security” and aren’t happy until you add the word “security.” Comically, even if nothing in the content is changed. Just adding the word makes them happy and I found it interesting that they didn’t actually assess whether the project was secure and obviously nothing changed except for a label so it was unusual to me that they would be happy since the security posture didn’t change at all.

brandmeyer 6y ago
In some ways, it doesn't get longer. I've never seen a list that was well-aligned with US employment anti-discrimination law. There's always a handful of categories that are missing.
nix23 6y ago
>It reminds me when those people raise their hand in a talk and say “what about security” and aren’t happy until you add the word “security.” Haha true, my mind always translate it to "but what about the children's".
betterdedthnred 6y ago
The list is every growing because the list is defined by intersections of oppression as laid out by the concept of intersectionality as defined in the academic field of Critical Theory That's why the Biden Administration recently added "gender identity" to the definition of sex as it pertains to segregated spaces reserved for women ie battered womens' shelters and sports leagues, to allow biological males to enter and act as women as long as they choose to present as, or "identify as" in the Theory jargon everyone is familiar with, women. Gender identity is the latest axis of oppression added to the intersectionalist hierarchy of oppression When it's played out, the activist-industrial complex will need something new, like body acceptance, to move on to in order to keep the donations flowing These organizations are why suddenly you can't start a new repo without making a political decision anymore, because they're the ones driving fabricated "controversies" over things like master branches It's a rabbit hole. Look up Critical Theory if you don't know what it is. It might be the most popular religion in America today, and it's definitely the most popular religion that pretends to be common sense, science, or obvious decency. But it's a religion, frankly, with all the caveats that entails. It's based on faith and there's a whole belief system and way of being that one is supposed to adopt along with the Critical worldview "Do better" Avoid "problematic" things Fight "whiteness" Apologize for your "privilege" (original sin) Repeat the mantra "black lives matter," and put it on your documentation pages If you do something wrong, struggle session followed by shunning (cancel culture), which is a common punishment in religious communities It has high priests like Ibrahim Kendi Etc... Now downvote me, believers! I'll die before I adopt this racist godless faith
- tasty_freeze 6y ago
  > Now downvote me, believers! I'll die before I adopt this racist godless faith A very brave stance to take ... for a 22 minute old throwaway account.
lamp987 6y ago
it signals in-group membership to others. it doesnt actually mean anything. >hello, i too am one of "us" *wink wink*. lets mutually support each other in conflicts with people from the out-group.
- prepend 6y ago
  I think it’s something like that. But will the list eventually have all groups?

brandmeyer 6y ago

In some ways, it doesn't get longer. I've never seen a list that was well-aligned with US employment anti-discrimination law. There's always a handful of categories that are missing.

nix23 6y ago

>It reminds me when those people raise their hand in a talk and say “what about security” and aren’t happy until you add the word “security.” Haha true, my mind always translate it to "but what about the children's".

betterdedthnred 6y ago

The list is every growing because the list is defined by intersections of oppression as laid out by the concept of intersectionality as defined in the academic field of Critical Theory That's why the Biden Administration recently added "gender identity" to the definition of sex as it pertains to segregated spaces reserved for women ie battered womens' shelters and sports leagues, to allow biological males to enter and act as women as long as they choose to present as, or "identify as" in the Theory jargon everyone is familiar with, women. Gender identity is the latest axis of oppression added to the intersectionalist hierarchy of oppression When it's played out, the activist-industrial complex will need something new, like body acceptance, to move on to in order to keep the donations flowing These organizations are why suddenly you can't start a new repo without making a political decision anymore, because they're the ones driving fabricated "controversies" over things like master branches It's a rabbit hole. Look up Critical Theory if you don't know what it is. It might be the most popular religion in America today, and it's definitely the most popular religion that pretends to be common sense, science, or obvious decency. But it's a religion, frankly, with all the caveats that entails. It's based on faith and there's a whole belief system and way of being that one is supposed to adopt along with the Critical worldview "Do better" Avoid "problematic" things Fight "whiteness" Apologize for your "privilege" (original sin) Repeat the mantra "black lives matter," and put it on your documentation pages If you do something wrong, struggle session followed by shunning (cancel culture), which is a common punishment in religious communities It has high priests like Ibrahim Kendi Etc... Now downvote me, believers! I'll die before I adopt this racist godless faith

tasty_freeze 6y ago
> Now downvote me, believers! I'll die before I adopt this racist godless faith A very brave stance to take ... for a 22 minute old throwaway account.

lamp987 6y ago

it signals in-group membership to others. it doesnt actually mean anything. >hello, i too am one of "us" *wink wink*. lets mutually support each other in conflicts with people from the out-group.

prepend 6y ago
I think it’s something like that. But will the list eventually have all groups?