sounds great!!! On Wed, 22 May 2019 at 17:09, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote:
> > The next paragraph after the one about e-mail names and dates is going > to be about the fact that English has many variations in dialect and > style. Style, such as how directly one will tell someone else they are > wrong, tends to vary with both gender and culture. > > I picked names as the initial point only because I knew there were > studies on that particular issue, and I want to convince people who > start out believing there cannot be any race, gender, ethnicity etc. > bias in e-mail-only groups. > > > On 5/22/2019 7:19 AM, Justin Mclean wrote: > > Hi, > > > > It’s not just dates that give you away :-) People often in email list > use terms, while possible known, often have a very different meanings > outside of the US. A large number of US corporate, sporting or gambling > idioms, would be lost on most people outside the US and possibly be a > trigger for subconscious bias, Well I assume I don’t know any studies on > this or knowledgeable in this area. A recent example (used on this list) > would be “socialize”. > > > > Thanks, > > Justin > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: diversity-unsubscr...@apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: diversity-h...@apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: diversity-unsubscr...@apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: diversity-h...@apache.org > >
