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We have a penguin problem

We have a penguin problem

Steve Marshall

October 05, 2017
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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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