Yes. We shouldn't define people by what they're not (white, cis-gendered, male, etc.). But we should also adopt an expanded conceptualization of "competency" that is more inclusive. What we think of as competency has been defined by people who found their own specific skills particularly important (and their own race better than other people's). To be inclusive means to understand and value the competencies that people bring, in stead of requiring that people of colour can join as long as they also have all the "white" competencies.
Sent with ProtonMail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Friday, May 6th, 2022 at 2:59 AM, Lorenzo Losa <[email protected]> wrote: > On mer, 2022-05-04 at 14:36 +0000, H4CUSEG via Wikimedia-l wrote: > > > Can we stop referring to "diverse people" please? It's offensive. > > > I'm sorry for that. > > If I understand it right - and correct me if I'm wrong - you are saying > that calling someone a "diverse person" is labeling that person in a > bad way. This is a fair point. Diversity relates to a multitude, not to > an individual. > To rephrase my sentence: we need trustees who are individually skilled > and experienced, forming a board that is collectively diverse - that is > able to express and create space for different perspectives and ideas. > > Lorenzo > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/IJHKZYD7YDC7KQNAHJRJRSLIUCYANO2Q/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/2AF725BB7LMS7EFMNHB6ITYFDXBBSW2W/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
