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What does advocacy of free software have ANYTHING to do with 1) Age 2) Race 3) Gender Why is it ok to be ageist, sexist, AND racist in this context?
by tekla 3y ago
What does advocacy of free software have ANYTHING to do with
1) Age
2) Race
3) Gender
Why is it ok to be ageist, sexist, AND racist in this context?
- yawpitch 3y agoNo one was, in the remotest sense, being ageist, sexist, or racist above… seeking to widen the appeal of something beyond an old white male audience isn’t, in any way, to anyone but an absolute dimwit, seeking to discriminate against that old white male audience. Or, in other words that might make sense to a programmer: assert (old && white && male) + (!old || !white || !male) >= (old && white && male)
- johngladtj 3y agoWhy is it not?
- asoneth 3y agoAdvocacy involves 1) understanding your target audience and 2) making an appeal to them. If the composition of your organization does not reflect the composition of your target audience then both of those tasks become a little harder. This is not specific to the FSF, many organizations hire at least a few people who match their target demographics to do things like research, marketing, messaging, and outreach.
- esarbe 3y agoThat's what the FSF does. It's target audience are human being. The organizations composition reflects this; all of the FSF coworkers are human beings.