Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work
by grzm on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:50PM
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My reading of the slide is that they're making the distinction that it's an action (verb) not a state of being (identity), similar to the meme that "human being" is an action rather than a thing.
I take the following sentences as confirming this reading:
> Being a marginalized person takes no action - it is an identity:
> Acting as an ally is about action - it is not an identity, which is why we talk about "ally skills" instead of "allies"
> Depending on what is most relevant about you to the situation, you may switch between being marginalized and acting as an ally
> Ally is a verb, not an identity
> [...]
> Acting as an ally is about action - it is not an identity, which is why we talk about "ally skills" instead of "allies"
(In military slang 'ally skills' could be adjectival use, but I'm pretty sure this is using it like 'friend skills', a noun.)