On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 11:59:36AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez <[email protected]> writes: > > > Hispanic Heritage Month is coming in a few months (at least in the US, > > not sure about international observances). Perhaps Debian could make a > > public show of support for those of Hispanic origin (who tend to be > > drastically underrepresented in the community). We already missed Black > > Heritage Month this year in the US, but it is coming in October for > > Europe and will come round again in February in the US. Blacks, or > > African-Americans, are similarly underrepresented in the community. > > > Perhaps we could also show support for Jews and those of Jewish origin > > during one of the principal festivals (Passover, Weeks, or Tabernacles). > > I think this would be great. Explicitly saying to our various communities > on days of significance to that community that they are welcome and > supported in Debian seems like a warm-hearted and open gesture, and I > fully support it. My employer does this for four or five of the events > that are the most significant to company employees, and it's always very > welcome. > > The criteria I'd use (because we do have to draw some sort of line > somewhere, since there are more days or months like this than there are > days and months in the year if you look hard enough) is to let the > relevant community in Debian take the lead. That also avoids the > occasional issues where there is some supposed recognition of a group that > is controversial or unwanted within that group, which happens from time to > time because humans are complicated. > > So, we should look to our LGBTQ project members to decide what Debian > should do for Pride, to our Hispanic members to decide what Debian should > do for Hispanic Heritage Month, and so forth, since they're the experts on > what they would find the most meaningful within the Debian context. > That's very reasonable.
-- Roberto C. Sánchez
