First, I agree that using an OSS portfolio as a hiring filter is sure to reinforce existing privileges. But I do find articles like this which try to attach a s

First, I agree that using an OSS portfolio as a hiring filter is sure to reinforce existing privileges. But I do find articles like this which try to attach a stigma of oppression and exploitation to OSS as a concept rather distasteful. In my personal experience as a (white, male, etc) OSS developer, the software I'm writing from my privileged position is used by and contributed to by lots of people with non-white and/or female names. As such, I believe the fact that I'm able to do my work (and derive an income from) OSS rather than commercial software, and thus reduce both the financial and the cultural barrier for people who want to use it, acts as a (minor) privilege-equalizing force from the perspective of users. Self-congratulatory OSS circle jerks (which are indeed kind of common) are dumb. But the very fact that a field is dominated by privileged groups does not automatically make it evil.