Re: [Gendispatch] draft charter text: terminology-related WG

[Dan Harkins <[e-mail]>]

   Jay,

On 2/14/21 12:24 PM, Jay Daley wrote:
> Speaking as a non-white person with extensive personal experience of 
> racism there are a couple of strawmen I would like to address:
>
> Having wealthy, credentialed, white people take the issue of diversity 
> and inclusivity seriously enough to try to explicitly and publicly 
> change their behaviours is to me neither patronising nor 
> disempowering, but rather it is both heartening and solidarity 
> building.  The alternative of wealthy, credentialed, white people not 
> wishing to do that makes me wary that either they are racist, or 
> sympathise with racists, or seek to diminish or ignore the historic 
> impact of racism.

   You are ascribing motives and abhorrent beliefs to other people. 
Doing so destroys
good faith in the process here. Please stop.

   Dan.

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