Building inclusive Open Source communities

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1. @alicetragedy
   Open Source Summit EU, October 2018
   Building inclusive
   Open Source
   Communities
   Laura Gaetano
   @alicetragedy
   

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2. Hi, I’m
   Laura.
   artist, web developer
   Travis Foundation
   ROSSConf
   Rails Girls Summer of Code
   @alicetragedy
   

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   Open Source Summit EU, October 2018
   Why am I here today?
   

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   Community
   

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   Community
   Empathy
   

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   Empathy
   Support
   Community
   

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   Empathy
   Support
   Meaningful discussions
   Community
   

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    Open Source
    

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    Social justice and education
    Open Source
    

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    Social justice and education
    Contributing to existing projects
    Open Source
    

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    Social justice and education
    Contributing to existing projects
    Finding like-minded people
    Open Source
    

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    Open Source is great, but…
    

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    Open Source is white, male, cisgendered
    Open Source is great, but…
    

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    “The gender imbalance in open source
    remains profound: 95% of respondents are men;
    just 3% are women and 1% are non-binary.”
    GitHub Open Source Survey, 2017
    

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    ”1% of respondents identify as transgender […]
    and 7% identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual,
    or another minority sexual orientation.
    26% are immigrants […] and 16% are
    members of ethnic or national minorities
    in the country where they currently live.“
    GitHub Open Source Survey, 2017
    

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    Open Source is white, male, cisgendered

    Open Source relies on privilege
    Open Source is great, but…
    Open Source is great, but…
    

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    Open Source is white, male, cisgendered

    Open Source relies on privilege

    Open Source is biased
    Open Source is great, but…
    Open Source is great, but…
    

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    On privilege
    

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    “In the role-playing game known as
    The Real World, ‘Straight White Male’
    is the lowest difficulty setting there is.”
    John Scalzi
    

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    Unpacking the
    invisible knapsack
    

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    “I can turn on the television or
    open to the front page of the paper
    and see people of my race widely
    represented.”
    Peggy McIntosh
    

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    Unpacking my
    invisible knapsack
    

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    safety
    Unpacking the invisible knapsack
    

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    representation in the media
    Unpacking the invisible knapsack
    

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    renting a house in a “nice” 

    neighbourhood
    Unpacking the invisible knapsack
    

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    Bias, prejudice, and
    the tech industry
    

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    Flickr auto-tagging
    Bias, prejudice, and the tech industry
    

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30. Photo by Corey Deshon/Flickr
    

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    Flickr auto-tagging
    The soap dispenser
    Bias, prejudice, and the tech industry
    

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    Flickr auto-tagging
    The soap dispenser
    The Vero manifesto
    Bias, prejudice, and the tech industry
    

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    “users who have your phone number
    in their address book get an alert that
    you’ve joined Vero.”
    

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    “users who have your number can send
    you a Connect Request even if you
    have turned Connect Requests off.”
    

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    “we encourage people to present
    themselves as they do in real life. This
    makes it easier for people to find you.”
    

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    Flickr auto-tagging
    The soap dispenser
    The Vero manifesto
    Smartphone dimensions
    Bias, prejudice, and the tech industry
    

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38. Photo by Alice Donovan Rouse / Unsplash
    

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    Flickr auto-tagging
    The soap dispenser
    The Vero manifesto
    Smartphone dimensions
    Amazon’s recruiting tool
    Bias, prejudice, and the tech industry
    

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    Women are more likely than men to
    encounter language or content that makes
    them feel unwelcome (25% vs 15%) as well
    as stereotyping (12% vs 2%) and
    unsolicited sexual advances (6% vs 3%).
    GitHub Open Source Survey, 2017
    

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    And now?
    

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    Making your project
    more inclusive
    

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    Make your project accessible
    Making your project more inclusive
    

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    Make your project accessible

    Make your project welcoming
    Making your project more inclusive
    

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    Make your project accessible

    Make your project welcoming

    Add (and enforce) a Code of Conduct
    Making your project more inclusive
    

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    Making your
    community
    more inclusive
    

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    Making your community more inclusive
    Leverage your privilege
    

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    Beware of ableist language and
    linguistic micro aggressions
    Making your community more inclusive
    

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    Avoid using ableist language
    Making your community more inclusive
    

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    Find replacements for ableist words
    s/crazy/unbelievable
    s/lame/ridiculous
    Making your community more inclusive
    

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    Use technology to your advantage
    Making your community more inclusive
    

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    Don’t use the word “normal”
    when what you mean is “like me”
    Making your community more inclusive
    

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    Making your community more inclusive
    Diversity isn’t just white women
    

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    Making mistakes
    

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    Apologise
    Making mistakes
    

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    Don’t justify yourself
    Making mistakes
    

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    Don’t make it about you
    Making mistakes
    

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    Learn from it
    Making mistakes
    

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    Move on
    Making mistakes
    

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    Open Source is
    about people
    

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    Towards a more
    compassionate web
    

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68. @alicetragedy
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    Thank you.
    

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69. @alicetragedy
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    Resources
    bit.ly/building-inclusive-open-source-communities
    

    bit.ly/check-my-privilege

    bit.ly/coc-faq

    bit.ly/github-oss-survey

    bit.ly/white-privilege-mcintosh

    bit.ly/killing-diversity
    

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