Building a diverse team and enabling them to be successful inside an overall-less-diverse organization has a lot in common with activism. And I think it's subject to the same sort of burnout that you see in the activism community.
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Replying to @sarahmei
What kind of diversity? What makes you think the current organization isn't diverse? Because in tech, the only diversity that matters is intellectual diversity.
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Replying to @PolitiPeriphery
Ha ha, well, if you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you! Very nice! Lights included! Cash only, of course. :)pic.twitter.com/COIyEuwKR7
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I do believe it. Why don't you? Changing the paint or print on a echo chamber's walls doesn't stop it from being one. I'd much rather be hired for my ideas than to be a team's token queer.
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Replying to @PolitiPeriphery @sarahmei
lived experience my person. diversity of life experiences and world views are worth at least as much as “intellectual diversity” on any team.
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You are describing intellectual diversity. A summation of a person's lived experiences. Everything they have ever learned. True diversity is deeper than shallow groupings of race, sexuality, and spirituality.
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And there is overwhelming evidence that the distribution of summations of life experiences in tech are dramatically skewed toward summations of life experiences common to white, cis males. Seeking out folks who are likely to have different life experiences is intensely important.
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