We have a penguin problem
@SteveMarshall, Head of Technical Architecture
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@SteveMarshall MOJ
HEY GUYS!
I JUST SAW THAT A
PENGUIN ESCAPED!
http://jvns.ca/blog/2013/12/27/guys-guys-guys/
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@SteveMarshall MOJ
We need a Python guy to help
tackle our penguin problem
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@SteveMarshall MOJ
HEY LADIES!
I JUST SAW THAT A
PENGUIN ESCAPED!
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@SteveMarshall MOJ
HEY WHITES!
I JUST SAW THAT A
PENGUIN ESCAPED!
http://www.alternet.org/story/48856/why_sexist_language_matters
and http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/purity.html
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@SteveMarshall MOJ
Watch as the straight
white cisgendered man
explains diversity
Ways I could be more privileged:
• being taller
• not being working class
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@SteveMarshall MOJ
Una llave
golden
intricate
little
Ein schlüssel
hard
heavy
jagged
“Sex, Syntax, and Semantics”, Boroditsky, Schmidt, and Phillips (2003)
via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46ehrFk-gLk
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@SteveMarshall MOJ
Sexism isn’t the
only problem…
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@SteveMarshall MOJ
We don’t know our
own biases
https://implicit.harvard.edu/
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@SteveMarshall MOJ
How we communicate affects
how we think
We should try to be inclusive: we’re here to help everyone!
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@SteveMarshall MOJ
HEY EVERYONE!
I JUST SAW THAT A
PENGUIN ESCAPED!
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@SteveMarshall MOJ
I’m not perfect!
Help me be better?
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We have a penguin problem
@SteveMarshall, Head of Technical Architecture