[LRUG] DHH, Rails, and London

[Najaf Ali]

These conversations have already been happening in Ruby spaces, but I
suspect you wouldn't notice them if they weren't directed at you or your
friends.

We had stangate back in the day on this very list, great fun! I also seem
to remember a conference organiser telling me how lucky a POC speaker was
to be chosen despite their race. Once I had a lead for Happy Bear that said
"I don't think I would be OK with working with a black developer" or
something to that effect. Other people's "political views" do actually
matter if they're directly insulting you or have economic consequences.

There are many, many more examples of this, but I got tired of writing them
down. For a non-white person, these are pedestrian, every-day happenings in
the Ruby community.

Looking back, all of this behaviour seems juvenile and provincial. It's
lovely to be in an environment with a lot less of it.
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