Jack,
the word “diversity” is inherently political. It is designed as a wedge, a tool to separate people into groups and then from each other. It is used as a kudgel by one side of the political spectrum to relentlessly hit the other side. It was bad enough to have been told that there were too many “cis-gendered white males” at RacketCon. My message was not one of __politics__ but of __policy__. (And for the record, you have no clue what my political views are or how I deal with the diversity of individuals in this community.) I do not wish to see this mailing list turn into another political echo chamber, because then I have to remove myself from it and the public Racket community. If people wish to discuss the politics of diversity in the Racket community, please create a Facebook group and go there. — Matthias > On Jul 15, 2019, at 1:06 PM, Jack Firth <jackhfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Matthias, I ask that you please not respond to discussion about the diversity > of the Racket community by saying it's a political topic and politics have no > place here. That statement alone is political and makes many people feel > unwelcome, including me. > > On the topic of a new syntax: I am strongly in favor. I think it will remove > barriers to entry that have deterred many potential Racketeers. And if > there's one community I trust to put care and thoughtfulness into a surface > syntax design, it's the Racket community. > > On Monday, July 15, 2019 at 10:19:16 AM UTC-6, Matthias Felleisen wrote: > > > > On Jul 14, 2019, at 1:44 PM, someone wrote: > > > > - I am indeed very for growth in the community, though my main interest > > in growth is in seeing a wider diversity of participants than just > > raw numbers. Obviously other peoples' mileage may vary. > > > This is politics and politics has no business whatsoever on this mailing > list. I believe there are things such as Facebook, Instagram and other > Web-chambers where political opinions are welcome and echoes will always > confirm your opinions. > > ;; - - - > > Our policy has always been that everyone, absolutely everyone, is welcome on > this technical list to discuss technical issues. We don’t exclude anyone. And > everyone gets treated the same and gets productive responses if possible. In > particular, politics stays off this list; it’s divisive enough in the rest of > the world. > > Thank you — Matthias > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/a63d9bdb-4d5d-49e8-9451-d6524ac24752%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/87B3D875-42D4-4951-B08D-96BF28468EF8%40felleisen.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
