Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-11 Thread Ross Gardler
/yassmin_abdel_magied_what_does_my_headscarf_mean_to_you Posted here to ensure I can find it again, but a great entry for [R|T]FM resources. Ross From: Ross Gardler Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2019 2:57 PM To: diversity@apache.org Subject: Re: Diversity in a diverse world Agreed RTM

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-11 Thread Ross Gardler
ble to find it. An M with a reference to it would be awesome. I'll try to find it when on a proper device. Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> From: Rich Bowen Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2019 9:37:40 AM To: diversity@apache.org Subject: Re: Diversity in

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-11 Thread Rich Bowen
On 5/10/19 8:18 PM, Craig Russell wrote: But then I think that RTFM is not a good answer to a serious question. Perhaps not, but RTM is often, even usually, a good answer. ie, omitting the "F" and calmly and respectfully pointing them to the M, and asking them to R it, if their question

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Craig Russell
Hi Naomi, > On May 10, 2019, at 5:51 PM, Naomi Slater wrote: > >> On Sat, 11 May 2019 at 02:18, Craig Russell wrote: > >> I think that RTFM is not a good answer to a serious question. > > > it's about context > > if there's a thread on here about ways in which Apache marginalizes people,

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Naomi Slater
On Sat, 11 May 2019 at 02:18, Craig Russell wrote: > I think that RTFM is not a good answer to a serious question. it's about context if there's a thread on here about ways in which Apache marginalizes people, and we're having a back and forth about it, and someone new on the list chips in

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Naomi Slater
On Sat, 11 May 2019 at 01:43, Ross Gardler wrote: > You will note, however, that I I posted the first reply and tried to call > our the bias in the individuals initial mail. It is unfair to claim I'm > somehow singling you out. I am *not* singling you out. sure, you have responded to people

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Craig Russell
__ > From: Naomi Slater > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2019 4:21 PM > To: diversity@apache.org > Subject: Re: Diversity in a diverse world > > Ross, > > Geertjan’s “humor” was racist, transsexist, and disrespectful. mine was > deserved, after a long thread of him

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Ross Gardler
the opportunity to help me help you? Ross From: Naomi Slater Sent: Friday, May 10, 2019 4:21 PM To: diversity@apache.org Subject: Re: Diversity in a diverse world Ross, Geertjan’s “humor” was racist, transsexist, and disrespectful. mine was deserved, after a long thread

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Naomi Slater
>> >> From: Naomi Slater >> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2019 3:30 PM >> To: diversity@apache.org >> Subject: Re: Diversity in a diverse world >> >> productive thread after all >> >> On Sat 11. May 2019 at 00:28, Geertja

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Naomi Slater
uot;humor" you (rightly) > pulled Geertjan up on earlier. Lets hold everyone to the same standard. > > Ross > > > From: Naomi Slater > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2019 3:30 PM > To: diversity@apache.org > Subject: Re: Diversity in a diverse world

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Ross Gardler
Diversity in a diverse world productive thread after all On Sat 11. May 2019 at 00:28, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: > While you all struggle to figure out how unconscious bias works in relation > to trans women in on-line communities where no one has a clue about whether > someone is a t

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Naomi Slater
productive thread after all On Sat 11. May 2019 at 00:28, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: > While you all struggle to figure out how unconscious bias works in relation > to trans women in on-line communities where no one has a clue about whether > someone is a trans woman, I'm now actually physically

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Geertjan Wielenga
While you all struggle to figure out how unconscious bias works in relation to trans women in on-line communities where no one has a clue about whether someone is a trans woman, I'm now actually physically going to unsubscribe from this mailing list. Gj On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 12:02 AM Shane

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Shane Curcuru
Mark Thomas wrote on 5/10/19 4:22 PM: > On 10/05/2019 20:55, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: >> Yes, I have a lot to learn — for example, I don’t know nor care about the >> sexual or gender orientation of anyone in the Apache community where I’m >> focused on: Apache NetBeans. >> >> Can you simply

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Geertjan Wielenga
> > Hijab > > > > > > signifies sexism is contested by every single woman I have > > known > > > > who > > > > > wears > > > > > > one (which admittedly is a low number and not at all > > > representative >

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Naomi Slater
> > > > > > That said, there are problems everywhere. We can't solve the > > > problems > > > > > there, it's not our place to. But we can solve our problems > here > > in > > > > the ASF. > > > > > > > > > > F

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Geertjan Wielenga
t; she is wearing it because of inequality in her culture then we > are > > > not > > > > creating a welcoming environment. We are creating barriers > between > > > her and > > > > us because of assumptions based on what our own culture teaches >

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Geertjan Wielenga
at we can > directly > > influence but we can still make her welcome within our community. > > > > Ross > > > > > > From: Geertjan Wielenga > > Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 11:27 AM > > T

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Alex Harui
ly > influence but we can still make her welcome within our community. > > Ross > > > From: Geertjan Wielenga > Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 11:27 AM > To: diversity@apache.org > Subject: Diversity in a diverse world > > Hi all,

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-09 Thread Gris Cuevas
us. In > >> my (admittedly limited) experience such a woman is likely wearing the Hajib > >> because she chooses to do so and we should respect her right to make that > >> choice. > >> > >> If it's not a choice for her then it's not something that we can directly > >> influence but

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-09 Thread Joan Touzet
On 2019-05-09 15:27, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: > I'm not assuming at all that a hijab signifies sexism Point of clarification: the women you described were wearing *burkas*, not hijabs or niqabs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/24118241 I'll comment more thoroughly on this thread later.

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-09 Thread Geertjan Wielenga
. We can't solve the problems >> > >> there, it's not our place to. But we can solve our problems here in >> the ASF. >> > >> >> > >> For example, if a woman is attending an ASF event in a Hijab and we >> > >> assume she is wear

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-09 Thread Geertjan Wielenga
event in a Hijab and we > > >> assume she is wearing it because of inequality in her culture then we > are > > >> not creating a welcoming environment. We are creating barriers > between her > > >> and us because of assumptions based on what our own culture teac

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-09 Thread Sam Ruby
kely wearing the Hajib > >> because she chooses to do so and we should respect her right to make that > >> choice. > >> > >> If it's not a choice for her then it's not something that we can directly > >> influence but we can still make her welcome with

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-09 Thread Geertjan Wielenga
rom: Geertjan Wielenga > Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 11:27 AM > To: diversity@apache.org > Subject: Diversity in a diverse world > > Hi all, > > Just a trigger warning here -- I was in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia last week, > giving a course in which Apache NetBeans was us

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-09 Thread Gris Cuevas
Thank you for sharing this story Geertjan. As context on how I interact and drive conversations, my approach is to confirm that my understanding of essential and crucial information shared with me is aligned with the sender/emisor's original intention, as a result, I tend to ask a lot of