the uncomfortable
TRUTH
let me introduce myself
WHITE CAUCASIAN
STRAIGHT
middle age
193 cm
95 kg
crisis
MALE
pretty much average
GOOGLE THINKs the same
WHY ME?
Construction site supervisor 12 years
Managing 150+ people daily
149+ MeN
WHY ME?
Deep and Tech House DJ and Producer
Playing music all around the Europe
WHY ME?
top 10 DJs
WHY ME?
from the men's world
In the WordPress community, everything was different and I thought WOW how awesome and welcoming it is.
WordPress Community VALUES are:
DIVERSITY
inclusivity
accessibility
equality
they really are.
but are we doing enough or these words are just the buzz to make us feel better?
EQUITY
NOT ENOUGH!
Levels
Level 1: Lack of vision
awareness elevator
Level 2: Partially Enlightened
Level 3: clear visibility
"YOUR LEVEL MATTERS"
Level 1: Lack of vision
On this LEVEL people see
Diversity as Adversity.
On this LEVEL people realize
that it’s both morally right and good to create a more inclusive and diverse workplace. but someone else should and will do it.
Level 2: Partially Enlightened
On this LEVEL people know
that not only does drawing, growing, and keeping a richer range of humanity into the micro world create goodwill, it builds a great business. The same can be said for people of entities whose bottom line is not financial.
Level 3: clear visibility
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND:
1.Recall the situation when you felt excluded from some activity by a group.
let's practice our feelings
2.Recall the situation when you felt included in some activity by a group.
to understand importance
Isn’t it time we got beyond discrimination by category? Doesn’t that seem archaic?
It'S HAppening every single day,
right next to you.
YOU ARE DOING THAT ALSO EVERY SINGLE DAY,
subconsciously.
YOU ARE DOING THAT ALSO EVERY SINGLE DAY,
because of your religious or other beliefs.
Discrimination
is ok
sometimes
When you are discriminating historically privileged group.
Discrimination
is ok
sometimes
When you reject a blind person for a bus driver position.
Discrimination
is ok
sometimes
When a woman/man rejects to be examined by an opposite gender gynecologist/urologist.
Discrimination
is ok
sometimes
When a restaurant rejects to organize the white supremacy club dinner or celebration.
Discrimination
is never ok
When a restaurant rejects to hire colored person because they organize the white supremacy club dinners and celebrations.
Discrimination
is never ok
WHEN A WOMAN/MAN REJECTS TO BE EXAMINED BY A different skin color GYNECOLOGIST/UROLOGIST.
Discrimination
is never ok
WHEN YOU REJECT a woman FOR A BUS DRIVER POSITION.
POSITIVE Discrimination
Hire a woman over a man
accept a woman speaker for wordcamp over a man
Hire any person from marginalized groups
?
EXTRA
Mille
reach out for a woman when hiring
reach out for a woman speaker for wordcamp
reach out for any person from marginalized groups
?
but why
IF you hire a woman over a man it's not a big deal considering that men have been hired over women so many times in the past
?
is it fair?
if you are a white male and you get rejected for a job that you are qualified for and have a lot of experience, it sucks and it's unfair.
it seems unfair just because we reaped the spoils of white male privilege for so long.
but
and we are spoiled so bad that we can't accept that someone from a marginalized group should have an advantage and we need to wait for another chance.
is there a morally relevant reason for the discrimination?
no!
get to know someone from marginalized group:
- LGBTQ
- Immigrants and racial minorities
- People with little or no economic resources
- Women
- The elderly, ex-convicts, drug addicts, illiterate.
- People with disabilities
you will see that you have more things in common than you thought.
we are not so different and our differences are making us unique.
let's do something together
Electronic
Rock
Folk
Blue
Red
Black
Summer
Winter
Spring
Apple
Samsung
Huawei
so we are different in so many things
with marginalized groups, we have only ONE
gender
sexual orientation
social status
disability
would you rather spend an hour in conversation with someone from marginlized group sharing the same interests?
or you would you rather spend an hour in awkward silence with straight male sharing no interests?
so equity over equality means!
4 volunteers needed for the end of this presentation
THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY!!!
The uncomfortable TRUTH
By Aleksandar Savkovic WPAleks
