What would you expect to happen if your research community created an EDI Council that is composed of senior scientists who don't have a record of making just research environments and who haven't demonstrated skills in anti-racism?
#DiversityIndustrialComplex
What if this same community had earlier convened a group of community members but then refused to pay them appropriately to do that work?
An article was written by a senior Black male scientist, Hakeem Oluseyi, and it contained a very clear attack on Prof. Prescod-Weinstein, who is a queer Black agender woman, and an untenured Professor of theoretical cosmology and appointed in Women’s Studies.
For reference ...
For many years, I've pleaded and pushed for change.
I've taught myself how to organize communities in science healthily, because science sure as hell didn't teach me that.
I've learned how to respect my colleagues and create spaces where people can be who they are, where their humanity is prioritized over their productivity.
Jul 7, 2018 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
This is wrong ... and dangerous.
theguardian.com/technology/201…
"The machine intelligence tested in the research, which was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and first reported in the Economist, was based on a sample of more than 35,000 facial images that men and women publicly posted on a US dating website. "
