Yeah, you have to try and see it from our perspective, which I think you are. We have been literally through so many cyclic conversations
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with mainly men demanding from us reasons why URMs/we deserve a place in open science... It's exhausting having to defend our right to a
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voice within what we think of as our movement too.
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I had the opposite experience to be honest. I was welcomed on board a new open journal by
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Mainly, I understand, because they needed the diversity - but hey, I'll take it - I know I can do the job well and they won't regret it :P
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We recruited to the editorial board in two waves. 1st too homogenous, gender and competence. 2 wave focused on what we didn't get first. >
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> the harsh reality is that we cannot get diverse groups without focusing recruitment. Social networks are too biased for this to work. >
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> ethnic and gender discrimination was my main field, before I went open science nerd. I don't think *implicit* bias is so important >
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The problem is not implicit bias per se, IMHO, but the basic fact URMs and ECRs need to be welcomed. Most of the active os people are men?
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And, yes, this is utterly a function of the state of society in general. But like you mentioned, stuff can be done, like hiring @doctorwhy!
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