[clug] Open Source Software's Dirty Little Secret

[Eyal Lebedinsky]

Everyone,

The more I read this thread the less I see how it is related to clug.

We know the drill about discrimination, privilege, women status etc.. There really
is no dispute there these days. We all agree, so why argue?

But this has nothing to do with suggesting that clug is actively guilty of
such. If this is claimed then it needs to be backed up by evidence.

Or we can stay on FOSS in general (leave clug alone) and everyone can look at
their involvement in FOSS and see if they are (or their project is) guilty of
any of these offences.

Many of the people that frequent clug are involved in FOSS projects, some
large and long running ones. What is your experience with women in these
projects, either +ve or -ve?

cheers
	Eyal

Sam Couter wrote:
> Jacinta Richardson <jarich at perltraining.com.au> wrote:
>> PS:  Daniel mentioned some privileges.  Understanding the privileges you have
>> can be quite confronting, but I have certainly found the following links to be
>> helpful:
>>
>> * White privilege:
>> http://womenscreativecollective.org/blog/2009/01/white-privilege-unpacking-the-invisible-knapsack/
>>
>> * Male privilege:
>> http://www.amptoons.com/blog/the-male-privilege-checklist/
>>
>> * Heterosexual privilege
>> http://www.cs.earlham.edu/%7Ehyrax/personal/files/student_res/straightprivilege.htm
> 
> The preamble in those links talk about whites/males/straights having
> privileges because blacks/women/homosexuals are discriminated against,
> and therefore whites/males/straights are better off in comparison. But
> then I see the lists of supposed privileges, and when I read them I
> don't think most of them are privileges at all because they are pretty
> basic human rights that everybody should expect.
> 
> It makes me sad and a bit angry that some classes of people still have to
> face the kind of discrimination in those lists, but I don't see that I,
> a member of all three privileged classes, have anything to lose by
> eliminating such discrimination. Your freedom to exercise your basic
> human rights doesn't infringe my right to exercise mine. I guess I
> disagree with this idea of privilege as I've seen it so far (just those
> three links).
> 
> I don't see a zero-sum game when it comes to privilege and ending these
> kinds of discrimination. Am I doing it wrong?

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Eyal Lebedinsky	(eyal at eyal.emu.id.au)