Thread by @tgarchibald

UnWebinar @evalcentral w/ Vidhya Shanker (@shan0133) on The Invisible Labor of Women of Color and Indigenous Women in #Evaluation hosted by @clysy
crowdcast.io/e/evalcentral/2 #eval. This is such a crucial conversation.

Erasure is real. Believe women, especially women of color, about this. Vidhya has countless stories of direct erasure, like being skipped in a round-robin vote of 10 other executive directors. Also, the original #eval theory tree is a case in point.

Great question by @work_with_libby on implications for teaching of evaluators. Pipeline programs risk reifying the myth of meritocracy.

Key points on allyship, a topic on which I've already learned much from Vidhya. Don't speak for people, don't just invite into spaces. Show up, listen, and put our jobs on the line if necessary to support the possibility of better worlds.

"If you are a woman of color and you speak in complete sentences about the history of racism, you are accused of being angry. So be positive? In hopes some white people will listen? Do you know what's going on out here?" Fire. #equitableeval #eval @evalcentral

"I have a whole dissertation worth of people who have tried it. It's not gonna' work. It requires collective organized action to change #HigherEd, the journals, and @aeaweb" - @shan0133 #eval

#EvalSoWhite
Well-meaning white people in #eval: Evoking #MLK, a big obstacle. They (we) think we're beyond reproach, and can't reflect on our own behavior. Also a way of upholding #WhiteSupremacy.

And here is the link to the replay. I implore all in the field of #eval, especially white evaluators, to please watch, listen to, and reflect on these crucial points from @shan0133 @clysy @evalcentral #EvalSoWhite #equitableeval

https://twitter.com/clysy/status/1242842375585779718?s=20