Very interesting. Thank you. That term is used quite a bit in the business world. Yet another example of speech that has entered our lexicon without much thought.
I will seek to stop using it and add it to my slide deck as one of the ones that I was surprised about. On Fri, May 7, 2021, 08:58 Coty Sutherland <csuth...@apache.org> wrote: > On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 8:39 AM Kevin A. McGrail <kmcgr...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > One minor note: we've been working on this a long time at the spam > assassin > > project and we found it to be very helpful to pow wow. > > > > Even though the term 'pow wow' is widely acceptable in the US (and probably > other places), it is in fact a microagression against Indigenous > (specifically American Indian) people; it would create a more inclusive > space if we used a different term. I would have probably ignored its use, > but given the context (and the fact that this is a diversity list) I think > it's an important thing to point out. You can find the reason why, and a > few other words/phrases that have the same issue, at > > https://www.diversityinc.com/7-things-to-never-say-to-your-indigenous-native-american-colleagues/ > > Thanks for reading/listening! >
