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1. Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@octodon.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2019 14:07:15 EDT Christine Lemmer-Webber

   So I'm going to say that if there's something that makes me hesitant about embracing and encouraging people to join the Racket community, it would be that I casually mentioned "improving diversity" on the list and got chastized by one of its leaders https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/racket-users/ewWuCvbe93k

   1. dave stranding (dthompson@toot.cat)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2019 14:24:03 EDT dave stranding

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      @cwebber did they also get mad when bkuhn made a lengthy point about diversity during his racketcon talk?

   2. Snake Girl Ellie (noelle@elekk.xyz)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2019 14:16:53 EDT Snake Girl Ellie

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      @cwebber "'Diversity' is a made-up word that some people use to attack other people and force everybody into little groups, and I'm going to refer to 'white cis-gendered men' in scare quotes to indicate that I don't believe it's actually a thing. But you don't know my political views!"

   3. Chris (brainblasted@social.libre.fi)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2019 14:52:30 EDT Chris

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      @cwebber wow. I’m tempted to respond to that.

   4. Gus TT Showbiz (balrogboogie@ceilidh.space)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2019 15:03:17 EDT Gus TT Showbiz

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      @cwebber ugh, yea that's pretty disheartening. Though with the recent FOSSbro-related incidents around here lately, I can't say I'm surprised

   5. แทกโนมันซี (technomancy@icosahedron.website)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2019 15:01:49 EDT แทกโนมันซี

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      @cwebber eep, that is disturbing. good on Jack for pushing back and calling him out on his BS. I get the feeling that other core team members don't share that perspective but it's troubling all the same.

   6. Ben Zanin (gnomon@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2019 22:22:03 EDT Ben Zanin

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      @cwebber ooooof, that was disappointing and disheartening to read. I'm glad that I did though: it helps me learn what the landscape feels like to newcomers. Thanks for sharing.