If we want more women, or any other group of people, involved in Racket, the only way to achieve this is to explain to this groups of people why do they need Racket.
*(And openness and honesty is a great way to do it)* And try to answer this question for ourselves. What Racket can offer to this social group? And if there is no answer, then perhaps no point in marketing something that this group of people does not need or want. What my experience says, any social groups based on general similarities(gender, skin color) as a groups interested not in many things at all. They also act very aggressive not so to other groups but to individuals of any king. Because individual is what conceptually opposes to any group. And I honestly believe that it is individuals who are interested in Racket. It is individuals to whom Racket can offer something. Therefore, I believe that to individuals we need advertise Racket, not to groups. Individuals may face different barriers, but I imagine very rarely associated with they gender. The main barrier is they a not yet a part of Racketeers group, if we a talking about community. It is crucial for small projects to have place where newbies can go, ask silly questions, write stupid things, and get wise guidance. And mailing list is something that younger generation even don't know to exist. So it will be nice to have at least community forum in this regard. четверг, 25 июля 2019 г., 21:10:49 UTC+3 пользователь Neil Van Dyke написал: > but I think you're right to suggest that FAANGs might be part of a > problem. > -- 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/670885bc-3a35-40c2-9429-55db07961a62%40googlegroups.com.
