The more I move through the media and tech communities, the more I’m noticing the lack of browness at the conferences I’m attending, meetings I’m sitting in on and the rooms I’m presenting in. Presumably this is one of the reasons I’m there and I’ve been making it a point to recommend as many qualified people of color for positions as possible. Same thing with women and my queer, trans and questioning folks. The internets is a pretty multifaceted, multicultural place and practitioners, conference attendees and presenters should reflect that a lot more than they are at the moment. (more…)
Oscar Grant and Oakland Local
by admin on 30. Dec, 2009 in Essays & Commentary, Media, Social Justice
Oscar Grant Memorial this Friday
Tomorrow night marks the 1 year anniversary of the murder of Oscar Grant by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle and emotions in Oakland are running high. From renewed anger over police brutality, to BART announcing it will increase the number of police on call for the night. It’s a complicated issue with a lot of unanswered questions. But no matter where you stand on the fallout after of the death, hopefully you’re moved by the fact that a life was lost. Politics, opinions and ideologies aside, a young man died. Let’s not lose site of that.
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