Comments by "Nicolae Crefelean" (@kneekoo) on "Linux Foundation Wants \"Non-White, Non-Male\" People in their Projects" video.

  1. Man, this is really stretching it. You can argue that seeing a manager bragging about not having contributed is exceptionally weird, but you can't say you don't see the point of claiming that certain people feel very welcome. He didn't say "more welcome", just very welcome, about some people who have been traditionally less involved, sometimes due to discrimination. He also didn't say that 30-ish white men are less welcome. You can argue that it sounds really weird to say _"non-white, non-male, non-30ish"_, but since white men have done a lot of work left and right in many projects (regardless of the reasons), isn't it easier to say that weird thing instead of starting a long chain of attributes of people who now enjoy being part of that community? That is... if saying it was worth it at all. Just look at it without a political lens and it no longer looks too weird. He could've easily left out that specific sentence and the message would've gotten across just the same because the message ended with "it's not important where you're from, your color, your belief, etc, [...] you're welcome." And that's really what matters the most, because ideally managers put the project first, as "the mission", then the community second - the people who make it happen. It's a weirdly stated message, but so is your take.
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  2. Cope? Are you one of those people who get triggered by micro-stuff? Have you watched Bryan's other videos about actually disturbing policies and communication? This one looks like more like a bad idea put in practice, for the sake of communicating how non-white people are treated nicely. We can't ignore the context, which is a society that is supposed to care more about not discriminating. You do know that racial discrimination was a serious thing merely decades ago, right? The fact that this kind of bad communication exists doesn't take away from the message that everyone is welcome there, nor it confirms racism against white people, nor says that anyone gets special treatment.
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