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Open source projects are by their nature intended to be welcoming, pulling in contributions from many different volunteers. But in reality, open source and the tech industry in general often lack diversity. Speaking at the Open Source Leadership Summit in February, Mozilla's Chief Innovation Officer Katharina Borchert told the crowd that working to bring ethnic, gender, and skill diversity to open source projects isn't just the right thing to do because of moral grounds, it's the right thing to do to make projects more successful.
Me, I beg to differ. Pretty sure success has to do with the diversity of thought/ideas rather than genetic diversity.
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TAPPING? You POLITICIANS! Don't you realize that the END of the "Wash
Cycle" is a TREASURED MOMENT for most people?!
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @03:08AM (3 children)
> Find any of that shit in an MLK speech, and I'll kiss your ass on Times Square.
Don't make promises you can't keep.
“If they continue to use our nonviolence as a cushion for complacency, the wrath of those suffering a long train of abuses will rise.”
— The Progressive, 1966 Issue
“I contend that the cry of "Black Power" is, at bottom, a reaction to the reluctance of white power to make the kind of changes necessary to make justice a reality for the Negro. I think that we've got to see that a riot is the language of the unheard.”
— 60 Minutes Interview, 1966
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @01:11PM
In neither of those quotes is he advocating or encouraging violent acts. He is merely making the observation that the actions of any social underclass always seem to gradually increase in severity as, over time, their voices continue to go unheard, and their needs unmet, by those in power.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday April 01 2017, @02:56PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 02 2017, @09:27PM
another:
But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity.
-- https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/protests [goodreads.com]