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  • From: Gina Norman <gina AT vnet.net>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: RE: Geeks + Diversity
  • Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 16:06:59 -0400 (EDT)


> I am constantly amazed at our ability to cloud an relatively simple issue.
> If America had an issue with wide scale devaluing of red heads, geezers and
> so on, that is still perpetuated even today. That leaves whole communities
> struggling with generational curses then I can see your point. But for now
> can we keep the issue clean?

Well, America does have an issue with wide-scale devaluing of women,at
least in "high technology" based on both salary ranges for equivalent
positions and the dearth of women entering technology degree programs at
the college level. And I would've still left "ookie" if someone had
wanted me in Internetworkers just 'cause I'm a girl.*

I even thought of using that as that as my example, in fact, but decided
that my point, which is that I don't want someone to value my
participation just because I'm "diverse" or part of a specific
group-of-interest, was better served by the red-head thing than by
throwing gender into the mix. I want my participation to be valued because
of who *I* am.

Make sense?

-gina



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