[IL-Talk] {Spam?} First diversity and inclusion committee meeting reminder

[Skye]

Thank you for sharing the meeting information.

Is there any an agenda item about changing from certain racist/sexist 
terminology?  I had previously sent a request to Shawn Callaway and Rosy 
Carranza (leads of the NFB Diversity & Inclusion Committee) as well as 
Chris Danielson for NFB to change from using certain words that are 
deemed racist and sexist.  Unfortunately, it has been almost 2 months 
without any commitment to change.

Here is a little background.  This started as a request within the web 
list.  Unfortunately, some of the responses felt like a MAGA rally 
response.  For those who are not aware, there are many words in tech 
that are deemed racist/sexist by many.  For example, "master" and 
"slave" are industry terms for main vs dependent servers, whitelist 
being safe/good and blacklist being dangerous, whitehat hacking is 
ethical where blackhat is evil, etc.  And terms like "master" in 
webmaster, etc. are skewed male and reflects racial superiority but it 
is just as easy to use web administrator which is neutral yet 
descriptive.  Many companies especially technology companies have made 
the public commitment to change away from racist/sexist terminology in 
light of greater anti-racist and me-two awareness.  So far, NFB has not 
made any changes or a commitment to making the change.

Would the Illinois chapter be interested in discussing this? Or does the 
IL chapter also feel that change is not needed?

Thanks in advance for considering it.

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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 17:34:26 -0500
From: Sara Luna <sol.sky.luna at gmail.com>
To: Illinois Affiliate Mailing List <il-talk at nfbnet.org>, IABS Mailing
	List <iabs-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [IL-Talk] First diversity and inclusion committee meeting reminder


  Hello everyone,
This is a  reminder that the diversity and inclusion committee will be having our first meeting   tomorrow  Monday, August 31 at 7 PM central
Our meeting will be held via zoom and, I have included the information below.
Additionally Shawn Callaway, cochair of the national diversity and inclusion committee and, member of the national Board of Directors will be joining us for this meeting.

Peace
Sara Luna


NFB OF ILLINOIS, DENISE AVANT, PRESIDENT is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Diversity and Inclusion
Time, Aug 31, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time   (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting  https://zoom.us/j/4276313127?pwd=YkVXelNLWVQrK0FpWTk4SUJnZWFDZz09
Meeting ID: 427 631 3127
We will be using the regular affiliate passcode. If you need the passcode, feel free to email me at  sol.sky.luna at gmail.com

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