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Fundamentals of Effective Allyship

Fundamentals of Effective Allyship

We’re all a part of the tech community. Unfortunately, we often fail to reflect on what that means and what responsibilities it conveys for us as individuals. It's easy to assume the status quo cannot be challenged at the individual level, or get paralysed trying to search for ways on how to do so.

This talk offers actionable steps for practising proactive, intersectional allyship that any member of the community can and should take on.

Presented at Tech Inclusion Melbourne.

Karolina Szczur

February 11, 2018
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  1. Being an ally is an ongoing process of unlearning, re-evaluating

    and challenging the oppressive status quo.
  2. Ignorance is part of the oppression. Being complicit is lending

    a helpful hand to structural inequality.
  3. Give up power to women of colour, people with disabilities,

    indigenous people, LGBTQIA community.
  4. We need to own up to our wrongdoing and take

    steps to prevent it from happening in the future.
  5. Intent of our actions doesn’t matter if the result is

    furthering exclusion and oppression.
  6. Diversity and inclusion lip-service has to end. Measure the success

    through qualitative, positive results. This is not a marketing effort.
  7. Intersectionality* is the answer to most common pitfalls of feminism,

    highlighting how different forms of discrimination can overlap. (* Coined by an excellent critical race theorist, Kimberlé Crenshaw.)
  8. 1. Understand privilege 2. Amplify and empower 3. Hold yourself

    accountable 4. Prioritise impact over intent 5. Focus on intersectionality
  9. To dismantle systems of oppression, it’s necessary to understand our

    role within them and take preventive measures.