The argument goes something like this (strawman warning); By expanding our communities with identifiably under-represented groups (that should have an interest in what the ASF is doing) will bring additional points of view, new ideas, ways to do things, cultural input to the software and such.
Personally, I don't think our communities are like society as a whole, because a) we are not isolated geographically, b) has no limitation on joining our efforts and c) straight, white males is an under represented group in some projects, and answering "why?" for that, will most likely answer the question on a broader scale for what makes ASF different. But that is probably a too sensitive topic to touch on... Niclas On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 2:52 AM Awasum Yannick <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Do we have resources on the advantages of D&I to the Foundation and Tech > industry in general? > > I know this has been touched in different threads all over the lists but I > wanted a separate thread to really understand the advantages. > > Is it about under represented people participating and contributing their > opinions and experience to make a project, product or community better? > > I am interesting in the real benefit of D&I to people who are well > represented. What will motivate an over represented person to do D&I work? > Is there a logical advantage or benefit to them? > > Sorry, if this is off topic but I have not been able to answer it from the > perspective of an over represented person. Because, I keep asking myself > why will someone who enjoy privilege be willing to change things if they > dont see a benefit for them(self interest). > > > Thanks. > Awasum. > -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://polygene.apache.org - New Energy for Java
