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| As usual, don't read the comments section. sigh | |
| Call me an SJW if you like, it's fair, I get into "shouting" matches with people over their inability to see their own privilege and how that affects their ability to see equity or the lack thereof in society. But what I concurrently have to do is also turn that lens on myself and not allow those arguments to be solely academic in nature. One thing I've really pushed myself into doing in just the first few days is going and meeting folks and not just hanging with the dudes. Introduce myself and let the women and POC in my module feel like I'm a friend and to be welcoming. I am trying to see what I can learn from them both objectively and subjectively and how I can encourage them to be awesome (<-- my day job prior to arriving here). I don't think I'm doing a good job and knowing I can do better i want to reach out even more. The Dev community that I know has MASSIVELY welcoming to me but that's largely been white dude to white dude, so why I can't I try to help share some of that great feeling with others that might be feeling left out. |
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As usual, don't read the comments section. sigh
Call me an SJW if you like, it's fair, I get into "shouting" matches with people over their inability to see their own privilege and how that affects their ability to see equity or the lack thereof in society. But what I concurrently have to do is also turn that lens on myself and not allow those arguments to be solely academic in nature. One thing I've really pushed myself into doing in just the first few days is going and meeting folks and not just hanging with the dudes. Introduce myself and let the women and POC in my module feel like I'm a friend and to be welcoming. I am trying to see what I can learn from them both objectively and subjectively and how I can encourage them to be awesome (<-- my day job prior to arriving here). I don't think I'm doing a good job and knowing I can do better i want to reach out even more. The Dev community that I know has MASSIVELY welcoming to me but that's largely been white dude to white dude, so why I can't I try to help share some of that great feeling with others that might be feeling left out.