1/Early today I tweeted about the lack of Don Norman's understanding of white supremacy & colonization, as reflected in an excerpt from his book. He slid into my DMs wanting to connect to learn more &...well...his patronizing arrogance supports my belief and then some. Receipts👇🏾
2/Don thinks that the expectation of a Black woman getting paid to help him learn in a “deeper, substantive way” via the emotional labor & expertise required to help him understand white supremacy and colonization in light of the book he’s writing … is funny or insulting🤔
3/Where to begin with what’s wrong? The arrogance? The unchecked privilege? The fragility? The attempt to shame me?
Didn’t even respond to his last message because I don’t waste my time on people who are arrogant and patronizing🤷🏾♀️Period.
4/Because here's what I'm NOT going to allow to happen in 2022 and beyond: I'm not dealing with the b.s. of your design heroes anymore & the things they feel comfortable DMing me because they believe I'll "keep it between us."
FAAFO.
5/Lastly, to the minoritized & marginalized designers who’ve been ACTUALLY doing the work of being humanity-centered in design: raise your rates immediately. Don’s day rate is $10K & he makes $30K-$40K for a 1hr talk + 1st class air travel & hotels.
With love and melanin✌🏾,
Me
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