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From YouTube: Lending Privilege - CodeConf 2016
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Presented by Anjuan Simmons
Diversity and inclusion have become hot topics in technology, but you may not know how to you can make a difference. However, this talk will help you understand that, no matter your background, you have privilege and can lend it to marginalized groups in tech.
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A
Some
of
us
have
worked
there,
or
maybe
we
want
to
work
there
and
it's
easy
to
be
lulled
into
a
sense
of
complacency.
Thinking
well,
these
big
guys
are
going
to
take
care
of
the
problem.
Well,
I
would
encourage
you
to
not
do
that
to
understand
that
you
have
a
role
to
play
in
making
technology
a
more
diverse
and
accepting
industry
and
I
don't
want
to
not
that
inclusion
project.
In
fact,
there
are
a
lot
of
things
that
we
can
learn
from
it.
A
What
is
it's
called
inclusion
and
I
think
that
diversity
is
a
term
that
has
reached
its
end
of
life.
It's
just
not
helpful.
Diversity
is
something
that
it's
easy
to
gain
and
I
think
we
should
move
away
from
diversity
and
more
toward
inclusion
and
empathy,
because
that's
what
we
really
need
in
technology.
You
know
diversity
is
like.
A
If
you're
having
a
house
party
diversity
is
inviting
people
to
the
house
party,
you
can
just
check
that
all
inclusion
and
empathy
is
making
sure
that
everyone
feels
comfortable
at
the
party
that
you
know
that
certain
people
have
troubled
further
than
others
to
get
there.
As
you
understand,
people
may
have
allergies,
so
you
have
different
menu
options
to
make
them
happy
to
eat
at
your
party,
so
it
takes
work
to
be
inclusive.
A
Diversity
is
way
too
easy
to
check
box,
so
we
want
to
move
away
from
diversity
and
toward
inclusion
and
I
think
that
living
privilege
is
something
that
is
really
powerful,
that
everyone
in
this
room
can
do,
and
this
is
not
just
some
hippie
dream
of
an
inclusive
world
where
we
all
sit
around
campfires
and
sing
Kumbaya
and
make
s'mores
there's
actual
value
to
being
inclusive.
Multiple
studies
have
shown
that
inclusive
teams
are
innovative
teams.
I
mean
this
is
canonical
at
this
point.
A
If
you
want
to
at
me
on
Twitter
and
ass
I
can
send
you
all
the
links
to
the
data,
but
there's
a
strong
link
between
inclusion
and
innovation,
but
you
know
that
this
is
not
a
new
idea,
especially
if
you're
in
open
source
inclusion
is
really
at
the
heart
of
open
source.
Even
from
the
beginning,
after
years
ago,
an
author
wrote
a
book
called
the
cathedral
and
the
bazaar,
which
was
one
of
the
first
works
about
open
source
software
development
and
the
author,
Eric
Raymond
explored
the
miracle
that
was
Linux,
think
about
it.
A
We
don't
really
understand
it
now,
because
we're
so
used
to
about
Linux
with
this
crazy
project
that
let
anyone
contribute
that
everyone's
working
on
this
complicated
kernel
to
make
a
useful
operating
system,
and
it
worked.
This
arraignment
began
to
use
those
principles
of
open
source
software
in
his
projects
and
he
distilled
lessons
or
guidelines
for
open
source
software
in
its
book
and
the
lesson
that's
most
well-known
from
the
cathedral
and
the
bazaar
is
this
one?
Give
it
enough
eyeballs
all
bugs
are
shallow
and
I
hope
that
many
of
you
have
heard
this
phrase.
A
If
you
have
read
the
book,
if
you're
working
open
source,
you
really
should
but
I
actually
like
the
more
formal
version
of
the
statement
and
it's
in
the
book,
and
that's
this
one
given
a
large
enough
beta,
tester
and
Colt
developer
base.
Almost
every
problem
will
be
characterized
quickly
and
the
fix
obvious
to
someone.
A
A
But
the
sad
reality
is
that,
just
like
our
repositories
are
protected
by
passwords
emissions.
Often
our
companies
are
protected
by
privilege
and
there
are
voices
that
we
keep
out
of
this
Bazaar
and
we
don't
allow
them
to
take
part
in
our
projects
and
in
our
companies,
because
the
reality
is
that
whatever
problem
you
have
within
your
company
within
your
source
code
within
your
repositories,
someone
out
there
can
fix
it,
but
they're
denied
entry
into
your
company
and
to
understand
how
this
works
and
what
we
can
do
to
make
things
better.
A
We
have
to
understand
privilege,
but
before
we
do
that,
it's
really
important
that
we
all
understand
what
privilege
is
not
privilege
does
not
mean
that
you
haven't
worked
hard.
It
doesn't
mean
that
you
haven't
sacrificed.
It
doesn't
mean
that
you
aren't
good
at
what
you
do.
Privilege
privilege
is
like
riding
a
bicycle
up:
a
hill
right,
it's
hot.
A
You
know,
I
have
gender
privilege
in
text
being
a
male
has
benefits
and
there
are
certain
benefits
that
I
can
enjoy
that
people
who
don't
have
gender
privilege
don't
get
to
have.
You
know
if
I'm
working
tonight
maxima
hotel
at
11:00
p.m.
it's
highly
unlikely
someone's
going
to
try
to
attack
me,
but
if
I
didn't
have
gender
privilege,
that
would
be
a
much
more
difficult
decision.
A
A
So
what
is
privilege
privilege
is
access
to
benefits
based
on
race
that
you
possess,
and
there
are
two
major
categories
of
privilege:
there's
birth
privilege,
and
these
are
the
trees
that
you're
born
with
these
are
things
like
parental
privilege,
racial
privilege,
gender
privilege
and,
ironically,
your
birth
privileges,
which
you
didn't
even
choose
for
yourself,
are
usually
the
root
of
most
bias
and
most
prejudice.
But
that's
another
talk.
The
other
category
of
privilege
are
selected
privileges,
and
these
are
things
that
we
choose
and
change
over
time.
A
It
includes
things
like
where
you
went
to
school
could
be
your
religion,
your
gender
identity,
but
these
are
different
factors
that
you
actually
choose
for
yourself
now,
it's
human
nature
to
share
your
privilege
with
people
who
have
your
privilege.
People
who
have
gender
privilege
usually
share
the
benefits
of
gender
privilege
with
people
who
have
it.
A
Make
some
of
you
have
to
some
of
you
may
have
all
these,
but
once
you
get
at
least
one
in
your
mind,
think
about
what
would
your
career
tech
be?
If
you
start
it
out
without
that
privilege,
if
you
start
it
out
without
your
gender
privilege
or
your
racial
privilege,
or
you
didn't,
have
the
opportunity
to
go
to
Stanford
or
to
MIT,
or
maybe
you
didn't,
have
the
benefit
of
being
able
to
walk
around
and
see
in
here?
A
We
see
it
almost
everywhere,
so
you
may
be
the
person
who
can
benefit
from
a
more
empathetic
technology
industry
because
soon
we're
all
going
to
probably
benefit
from
not
having
class
privilege
unless
you're
a
venture.
Capitalist
now
I
want
to
illustrate
privilege
through
three
women.
These
are
real
women.
A
The
names
are
fictitious
and
the
scenarios
are
fictitious,
but
I'm
going
to
use
them
as
examples
of
how
you
can
limb
privilege
in
your
company's
reach,
privileged
type
I'm,
going
to
explain
what
it
is:
I'm
going
to
give
a
reward
example
of
how
it
works
and
I'm
going
to
share
how
it
can
work
in
your
companies.
So
the
first
type
of
privilege
lending
is
credibility,
living
and
that's
providing
visibility
to
someone
without
privilege.
A
For
example,
LGBT
people
often
feel
restricted
in
technology
because
we
have
a
heteronormative
industry
and
there
are
times
when
LGBT
people
feel
invisible,
overloads,
not
recognized
well
picked
by
credibility
lending.
We
can
help
fix
that.
Here's
the
example,
a
few
months
ago,
noted
activist
DeRay
McKesson,
with
on
the
company
on
The
Colbert,
show
and
Stephen
Colbert
switch
seats
with
DeRay.
A
He
led
the
race
sit
in
a
chair
and
lift
him
the
credibility
of
the
Colbert
platform
and
by
doing
that,
Colbert
elevated
the
platform
and
the
mission
of
the
race,
and
that's
how
credit
credibility
lending
works.
Now?
How
can
this
happen
at
your
company
or
in
your
github
repro?
Let's
say
you
were
with
me
and
I
mean
she
developed
that
Rockstar
feature
that
every
one
of
your
company
loves
well.
Why
not
lend
her
credibility
by
bringing
her
to
your
board
meeting
and
co-presenting
that
feature
to
the
people
who
will
help
run
your
company?
A
A
Often
women
in
tech
experience
sexism
because
they
lack
gender
privilege,
and
this
can
lead
women
to
doubt
their
own
abilities.
Despite
the
massive
value
that
women
bring
to
technology
well,
I
think
access
linen
can
be
a
powerful
way
to
solve
that
problem.
For
example,
Tracy,
Chow
who's,
a
noted
activist
and
helping
technology
become
more
inclusive,
recently
told
the
story
at
how
when
she
was
at
Stanford-
and
she
was
an
undergraduate
student
and
one
of
her
professors
insisted
that
she
become
a
TA
now
Tracy
was
a
gasps.
A
She
said
what
I
I'm
not
qualified
to
be
a
TA,
because
she
had
heard
her
male
peers
talk
about
how
they
were
selling
through
the
courses
at
old.
Wasn't
that
lab
so
easy
and
she
was
struggling
well
by
becoming
a
TA.
She
saw
the
graves
of
these
metal
colleagues
and
they
were
worse
than
hers
and
she
saw
that
these
fellow
students
were
pretending
that
they
were
more
competent
than
they
really
were,
and
by
doing
that
that
helped
Tracy
reassess
her
own
place
in
technology
and
that's
the
power
of
access
lending.
A
So
how
did
this
work
within
your
company?
So
let's
talk
about
L
now
else,
but
the
last
month
implementing
your
container
strategy.
She's
sharp
she's
good!
Well,
why
not
lend
her
access
by
sitting
her
to
that
docker
conference
that
keeps
inviting
you
to
go
speak
at
and
you
don't
then
do
docker
kick
you
can't
even
spell
docker,
but
by
lending
her
access
you
allowed
her
to
realize
that
she
too
has
a
place
in
technology
and
that's
how
axe
blending
works.
A
The
third
type
of
lending
that
I
want
to
talk
about,
is
expertise,
living
and
that's,
providing
a
voice
to
those
who
don't
have
privilege.
You
know
often
people
of
color.
We
feel
that
we
don't
have
a
voice
in
technology,
because
we
lack
the
racial
privilege
of
leaders
in
technology
and
so
we're
often
afraid
to
speak
up
or
take
roles.
Leadership
roles
in
technology,
but
I
think
the
expertise.
Lending
is
a
great
way
to
fix
this.
A
Let
me
give
you
an
example:
in
South
by
Southwest
this
past
March
I
was
able
to
go
to
the
president's
keynote,
which
is
awesome,
and
his
wife
spoke
at
the
Music
Festival,
which
I
could
not
go
to,
but
the
first
lady
said
something
that
was
a
great
explanation
of
this
type
of
trip
of
privilege
living.
She
said
that
if
you've
got
a
voice
at
the
table,
ask
is
there
diversity
around
the
table.
A
Are
there
voices
and
opinions
that
don't
sound
like
yours
and
she
challenged
the
audience
that
if
you
have
that
seat
at
the
table
to
look
for
a
various
voice
to
look
for
different
opinions
and
she
was
really
describing,
though
she
did
not
know
what
the
bizarre
that
raven
described
in
this
book.
So
how
could
this
work
at
your
company?
Well,
let's
consider
him
and
she's
one
of
your
best
developers
who
she
worked
at
your
company
for
a
while.
Why
not
give
her
a
lead
role?
A
Why
not
give
her
the
opportunity
to
lead
in
your
company
and
by
doing
that,
you
can
help
her
find
your
voice
at
your
company,
so
I've
described
three
types
of
privilege,
lending
and
I
hope
that
you
realize
that
this
doesn't
take
that
much
effort.
It's
really
a
matter
of
being
aware
of
having
your
eyes
open.
A
So
the
fact
that
there
are
people,
probably
who
work
at
your
company
right
next
to
you
every
day
are
they
might
be
contributors
to
the
github
repro
that
you're
working
on
who
lack
privilege
and
that
you
can
lend
them
privilege
you
can
help
them
get
access.
You
can
help
them
become
experts.
You
can
help
them
so
incredible
by
lending
them.
Privilege
and
I
want
to
caution.
You,
though,
that
lending
privilege
is
not
a
super
bullet.
It's
not
something
that
you
try
once
if
it
sells
okay,
well,
I!
A
Well,
this
person
deserves
it
and
everyone
who
this
person
came
in
with
got
promoted,
but
he
did
not
and
I
said
well,
it's
great
that
you
raised
the
issue
and
that
you
tried
to
make
things
better
during
the
promotion
cycle,
but
it's
better
to
have
done
it
in
advance
right
being
an
advocate
for
inclusion.
It's
not
a
sprint.
It's
a
marathon!
You
have
to
do
it
every
day.
You
have
to
bake
it
into
your
daily
way
of
work,
because
that's
the
only
way
that
we
can
truly
get
change
in
this
industry.
A
So
let
technology
companies
find
pledges.
Let
them
try
to
plug
the
leaky
pipeline.
Let
them
do
all
these
smoke
screens
that
they
throw
up
to
try
to
pretend
to
care
about
diversity,
but
if
we
really
want
this
bizarre
that
women
described,
we
really
want
technology
and
open-source
software
to
be
this
big
tent,
where
everyone
is
welcome
to
bring
your
ideas,
bring
your
skillsets,
let's
solve
cool
problems,
then
we
all
have
a
role
to
play.
You
can
make
a
difference
if
we
want
LGBT
people.