Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

[Gina Norman <gina AT vnet.net>]

On the whole "recruiting minorities" theme:

Maybe I'm the only one, but if I were a "recruited minority" I would be
sorta "ooked-out" (that is the technical term, BTW).  For example, if
Internetworkers had been primarily blondes, and someone had asked me about
joining the group 'cause they needed more redheads, I would've been
slightly offended.

Don't you want me for me?  The idea that I was invited (and in a sense,
used) to fufill some strange haircolor quota (or assuage some blonde's
historical haircolor guilt... the prosecution of redheads throughout the
ages is a true, though little-known, fact) would be distressing to me.  

I don't even like the idea that some blonde individual (in a perhaps
well-motivated attempt to increase their personal diversity quotient)
would want to meet me *because* I'm a redhead.  Because I'm funny, sure.  
Smart, great. 'Cause I can make a killer pound cake or know how to tango,
super.

But just because of the color of my hair.  ew.

THIS IS JUST MY OPINION!!! YMMV!!! 

: )

-gina
 

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My brain seems to have a circuit-breaker-like mechanism that, when I get
confused and befuddled by the overwheming monstrosities of my life, causes 
a default to the simplest and most pleasant of thoughts.  Like Marshmallow
Peeps.  I *like* Marshmallow Peeps.

Gina Norman                                      And the only bit that
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ginanorm AT nortelnetworks.com (me at work)         http://users.vnet.net/gina
gina AT earthling.net (me personally, again -- sick of me yet?  ;)
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