We have a penguin problem

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1. We have a penguin problem
   @SteveMarshall, Head of Technical Architecture
   

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2. @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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3. @SteveMarshall MOJ
   We need a Python guy to help
   tackle our penguin problem
   

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4. @SteveMarshall MOJ
   HEY LADIES!
   I JUST SAW THAT A
   PENGUIN ESCAPED!
   

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5. @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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6. @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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7. @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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8. @SteveMarshall MOJ
   Sexism isn’t the
   only problem…
   

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9. @SteveMarshall MOJ
   We don’t know our
   own biases
   https://implicit.harvard.edu/
   

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10. @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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11. @SteveMarshall MOJ
    HEY EVERYONE!
    I JUST SAW THAT A
    PENGUIN ESCAPED!
    

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12. @SteveMarshall MOJ
    I’m not perfect!
    Help me be better?
    

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13. We have a penguin problem
    @SteveMarshall, Head of Technical Architecture
    

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