Anti-Oppression 101

Given with Steve Klabnik at Steel City Ruby Conf and Madison Ruby

Transcript

1. Lindsey Bieda Steve Klabnik @lindseybieda @steveklabnik rarlindseysmash.com steveklabnik.com
2. a computer language that's targeted to a particular kind of problem.
5. a DSL for discussing equality in social relations
6. Q: What’s the worst thing you can call a white male? A: d.
7. is how society accommodates you. It's about advantages you have that you think are normal. It's about you being normal, and others being the deviation from normal.
8. The privileged and the un-privileged live on the same planet, but in two different worlds.
10. Privilege is hard to notice.
11. • Gender • Sexuality • Race • Class • Ability
12. how various biological, social and cultural categories interact on multiple and often simultaneous levels, contributing to systematic social inequality.
13. {Rac, Sex}ism Discrimination + Power Oppression
14. When people are unable to internalize their achievements. Despite evidence of competence they believe they are frauds and undeserving of accomplishments.
15. A wild example appears.
16. The experience of anxiety in a situation where a person has the potential to confirm a negative stereotype about their social group.
17. I can’t be sexist, I love women!
18. This stuff is hard. Apologize honestly when you get it wrong.
19. demeaning implications and other subtle insults against minorities.
20. When someone else gets it wrong. Let them know.
21. when the audience is put into the perspective of a heterosexual male.
22. It's such a transformative field for society as a whole. And without the involvement of a diverse group of people, the results of what we do are not going to be appealing or useful to all aspects of our society. A piece of our challenge is to make computing, and all that it enables, accessible to everyone. That's an ideal. - Frances E Allen first female recipient of the Turing Award “
23. What we create is colored by who we are.
24. I don’t belong here.
25. 41% of women 17% of men Quit their careers at tech companies after 10 years
26. Simply reducing female attrition in STEM by 25% would add 220,000 people to the talent pool.
27. You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. - Marie Curie First female professor at the University of Paris “
28. We need to do better.
29. others to embrace any interest in computing they may have.
30. to projects that help learners.
31. those who need help getting started.
32. bias and stereotyping as much as possible.
33. a culture that makes people want to stay.
34. girldevelopitpgh.com
35. Lindsey Bieda Steve Klabnik @lindseybieda @steveklabnik rarlindseysmash.com steveklabnik.com
36. 1. American Institute of Physics: Physics Trends percent of degrees awarded to women by field 2. CNN Money: Silicon Valley fights to keep its diversity data secret 3. The Invisible Gorilla 4. Stereotype Threat and Women’s Math Performance 5. Signaling Threat: How Situational Cues Affect Women in Math, Science, and Engineering Settings 6. AAUW: Why so few? 7. Fast Company: Can Tech Companies Continue To Innovate With No Women At The Table?