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<p>Dear Carmen,</p>
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<p>I certainly do not want to continue eternally this conversation
so I am not going to respond point by point, but only a quick
answer on the issue of discriminationGod knows I sometimes feel
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<pre wrap="">like I'm cheating the system and just winging it rather than having any
substantial merit. How could I not, when every day I encounter some
software thing I know absolutely nothing about?</pre>
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This is at the heart of working learning and developing, no one
knows everything, we all have different skills and intelligences. It
is always very difficult to find oneself in front of the unknown,
even more for those who lack community support, it does not mean in
any case that the position is not merited quite the contrary it
takes a lot of courage to go where one is not expected.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/05/2017 10:31 AM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:discussion-request@lists.fsfe.org">discussion-request@lists.fsfe.org</a> wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">People of all ethnicities and genders are
equals, and I will treat them as equals without any prejudice. If that
is not enough, I do not know what is.</pre>
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I would rather say people of all ethnicities and genders are
born equal, but the problem is that they immediately loose this
because of social unfairness (look at the chances of baby survival
versus income or race or gender for example), so well no in real
life not everyone is equal society creates many inequalities, this
is why some programs are organized to compensate for them, not only
this is not discrimination, but it is also very productive for
society since supporting a little the ones who have less chances to
access privileged social position is very rewarding to society as it
is very little investment to support someone who will bring a lot of
knew knowledge.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/05/2017 10:31 AM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:discussion-request@lists.fsfe.org">discussion-request@lists.fsfe.org</a> wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">What you probably mean, is that squabbles occur less often in diverse
environments. That is an interesting point of view, but I cannot vouch
one way or the other. I do not know. I imagine the opposite, because
this increases the surface area of things that people do not have in
common and may thus fight over, but that's just a silly hypothesis.</pre>
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As for diversity it appears <span id="full-answer"
class="full-answer-content">that an overly homogeneous community
risks fragmentation from those who refuse and stagnation from the
lack of contribution. The chief advantage of diversity is the
opportunity to learn from someone with a different background and
perspective and to share that knowledge. This is why diversity is
essential in a healthy society and even if diversity leads to
squabbles learning how to solve them is really rewarding.<br>
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Heart<br>
natacha<br>
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