https://speakerdeck.com/corywilliamsoncardneau 2017-09-12 10:38:46 -0400 You've heard about diversity problems in tech, right? We know the problem exists at every point in the process: education, internship opportunities, hiring. We don't talk much about what happens to the people we do work with. As documentarians, we spend time thinking about the best words to use for our products, tutorials, manuals. We know that words matter. "Microaggressions" are the small indignities that people of color, non-cis-gendered folks, women, and others experience on a daily basis. Microaggressions at work tell us, over and over, that we don't really belong in that workplace. So let's talk about the words we use with our coworkers. Let's talk about how we can all make inclusion a daily practice at work, not just a hiring problem. See notes at https://cutebit.de/blog/writethedocs-2017-sticks-and-stones-microaggressions-and-inclusive-language-at-work/ You've heard about diversity problems in tech, right? We know the problem exists at every point in the process: education, internship opportunities, hiring. We don't talk much about what happens to the people we do work with. As documentarians, we spend time thinking about the best words to use for our products, tutorials, manuals. We know that words matter. "Microaggressions" are the small indignities that people of color, non-cis-gendered folks, women, and others experience on a daily basis. Microaggressions at work tell us, over and over, that we don't really belong in that workplace. So let's talk about the words we use with our coworkers. Let's talk about how we can all make inclusion a daily practice at work, not just a hiring problem. See notes at https://cutebit.de/blog/writethedocs-2017-sticks-and-stones-microaggressions-and-inclusive-language-at-work/ Mon, 11 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0400 https://speakerdeck.com/corywilliamsoncardneau/sticks-and-stones-microaggressions-and-inclusiveness https://speakerdeck.com/corywilliamsoncardneau/sticks-and-stones-microaggressions-and-inclusiveness