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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Aug 2014

      If you find yourself w an all-male conference lineup, ask for help. Something is wrong & it won't be a quick fix but the community can help.

      4 replies 10 retweets 13 likes
    2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Aug 2014
      Replying to @aral

      Do *not* say “oh well, we tried, let’s go ahead”. Seriously. Think about *what* you’re perpetuating.

      2 replies 5 retweets 3 likes
    3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Aug 2014
      Replying to @aral

      It’s exactly *because* lack of diversity is not seen as a showstopper that this bullshit gets perpetuated in the first place.

      1 reply 5 retweets 8 likes
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Aug 2014

      So I’m sorry, “we tried” just doesn’t cut the mustard. You didn’t try hard enough and you didn’t see it as a failure criterion.

      1:42 AM - 26 Aug 2014
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        2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Aug 2014
          Replying to @aral

          Or, maybe even more importantly, you didn’t have diversity as a core tenet and didn’t see diversity as a core success criterion.

          1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Aug 2014
          Replying to @aral

          Saying “it’s hard to find a diverse speakers” is shifting the blame entirely. It’s blaming the people who won’t speak at your event.

          6 replies 5 retweets 7 likes
        4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Aug 2014
          Replying to @aral

          You should be asking what it is about the *culture* of your community/event that makes it hard to attract a diverse lineup and fix that.

          7 replies 4 retweets 7 likes
        5. Paul‏ @1ens 26 Aug 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral your assuming that sex and ethnicity are the only preconditions for diverse thought process and I believe its all about the individual

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Aug 2014
          Replying to @1ens

          @1ens I believe you just defined ‘privilege’ :)

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        7. Paul‏ @1ens 26 Aug 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral no I just defined individual liberty irrespective of what you are and where u came from!

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        8. 空腹の侍  🍙‏ @rubenlightfoot 26 Aug 2014
          Replying to @1ens

          @1ens @aral there're ethnically diverse groups of narrow-minded folk, but wrong to gloss over with "these white males all think differently"

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. Briony Kidd‏ @BrionyKidd 26 Aug 2014
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          @aral Agreed. There's not a chance it's not do-able if considered actually important.

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        1. Paul‏ @1ens 26 Aug 2014
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          @aral dont know what conference but what has diversity got to do with individual choice and personal efficiency

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        1. Richard George‏ @parsingphase 26 Aug 2014
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          Richard George Retweeted matt blaze

          @aral This seems apt:https://twitter.com/mattblaze/status/504136895820230656 …

          Richard George added,

          matt blazeVerified account @mattblaze
          Just got a (spammy) invite to a conference promising an "unforgivable experience".
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