A while back we had a discussion thread going where we discussed diversity in our work and why it's important.
http://mythicscribes.com/forums/writing-questions/10373-what-im-saying-search-equality-pretty-messy.html?highlight=diversity
Repeatedly the question was raised - "Why?" And we tried to answer, and I think in many ways we did a decent job, but there is a writer, Chimamanda Adichie, who did a Ted Talks where she gets to the heart of this issue, and eloquently illustrates why representation is so important.
And for those of us who, like me, sometimes have a hard time focusing on what we hear, here is the transcript - https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story/transcript?language=en
http://mythicscribes.com/forums/writing-questions/10373-what-im-saying-search-equality-pretty-messy.html?highlight=diversity
Repeatedly the question was raised - "Why?" And we tried to answer, and I think in many ways we did a decent job, but there is a writer, Chimamanda Adichie, who did a Ted Talks where she gets to the heart of this issue, and eloquently illustrates why representation is so important.
And for those of us who, like me, sometimes have a hard time focusing on what we hear, here is the transcript - https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story/transcript?language=en
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