Re:All Male Panelist talks about Gender Equality & Inclusion...
by nperez on Thursday April 21, 2016 @02:38AM
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Unless there was a big conspiracy to make sure that this was an all-male panel, I don't see what the big deal is.
There's something about diversity movements that I still struggle with. I see a commenter on the linked post saying "at least they're not all old white guys". I'm half white. Would that make it half-problematic for me to be a panelist in a discussion like this? Would a transgendered panelist be half-OK? Why are we talking about how OK participation is based on the gender, race, and age of the person participating?
The usual response I get to this sort of question is "Well, it's about including under-represented minorities", but I don't think it's inclusive to exclude the majority. I don't want to be included in something just because I'm half hispanic and I don't want to be excluded just because I'm half white. Both of those things seem unproductive to me.
There's something about diversity movements that I still struggle with. I see a commenter on the linked post saying "at least they're not all old white guys". I'm half white. Would that make it half-problematic for me to be a panelist in a discussion like this? Would a transgendered panelist be half-OK? Why are we talking about how OK participation is based on the gender, race, and age of the person participating?
The usual response I get to this sort of question is "Well, it's about including under-represented minorities", but I don't think it's inclusive to exclude the majority. I don't want to be included in something just because I'm half hispanic and I don't want to be excluded just because I'm half white. Both of those things seem unproductive to me.