Thank you, Sara. It takes courage to bring these things up, and it is so much easier to just let it go.
In any public conversation about gender or racial inclusiveness, it seems there are always a few white men who get quite angry and defensive, vitriolic at worst, but usually employing cold logic to prove their point, and usually poor logic. These are men who are taking the conversation personally. I think it’s reasonable to want to defend oneself when one feels attacked, but I would love to find a way to get these men to stop, breathe, an open themselves to the larger conversation.. I think most of them would agree, if they felt safe, that diversity is a positive thing, and that we all have a role to play in supporting it.
Thanks for sharing Sara, it is great to hear another woman in the web design industry share her experiences. Good on you for championing diversity, creativity and originality.
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Thank you, Sara. It takes courage to bring these things up, and it is so much easier to just let it go.
In any public conversation about gender or racial inclusiveness, it seems there are always a few white men who get quite angry and defensive, vitriolic at worst, but usually employing cold logic to prove their point, and usually poor logic. These are men who are taking the conversation personally. I think it’s reasonable to want to defend oneself when one feels attacked, but I would love to find a way to get these men to stop, breathe, an open themselves to the larger conversation.. I think most of them would agree, if they felt safe, that diversity is a positive thing, and that we all have a role to play in supporting it.
Design Junction
Thanks for sharing Sara, it is great to hear another woman in the web design industry share her experiences. Good on you for championing diversity, creativity and originality.
jeandorosh
Useful one. I have to translate this for the ru-net ))
G+1 from me.