Open source thrives on diversity. The last couple of years has seen huge strides in that aspect with codes of conduct and initiatives like the Contributor Covenant. While these advancements are crucial, they are not enough. In order to truly be inclusive, it’s not enough for the community members to be welcoming and unbiased, the communities’ processes and procedures really support inclusiveness by not only making marginalized members welcome, but allowing them to fully participate. Slides from my talks at FOSDEM 2020 and DevConf.CZ 2020

1. Allon Mureinik
Senior Manager, Seeker Node.js and .NET Agents
Synopsys, Inc.
allon.mureinik@synopsys.com / @mureinik / https://www.linkedin.com/in/mureinik/
FOSDEM 2020
Cognitive biases, blind spots and inclusion

2. © 2019 Synopsys, Inc. 2Cognitive biases, blind spots and inclusion (Allon Mureinik, DevConf.CZ 2020, cc-by-sa-4.0)
The elephant in the room
https://thenounproject.com/term/elephant/14049

3. © 2019 Synopsys, Inc. 3Cognitive biases, blind spots and inclusion (Allon Mureinik, DevConf.CZ 2020, cc-by-sa-4.0)
Privilege is a matter of context
https://www.yadvashem.org/he/artifacts/featured/jewish-badge-belgium.html

4. © 2019 Synopsys, Inc. 4Cognitive biases, blind spots and inclusion (Allon Mureinik, DevConf.CZ 2020, cc-by-sa-4.0)
Inclusion issues in open source?
https://thenounproject.com/term/majority/2174388

5. © 2019 Synopsys, Inc. 5Cognitive biases, blind spots and inclusion (Allon Mureinik, DevConf.CZ 2020, cc-by-sa-4.0)
Code of Conduct
https://www.contributor-covenant.org/

6. © 2019 Synopsys, Inc. 6Cognitive biases, blind spots and inclusion (Allon Mureinik, DevConf.CZ 2020, cc-by-sa-4.0)
Knowledge Barriers
https://imgflip.com/i/3l8yl6

7. © 2019 Synopsys, Inc. 7Cognitive biases, blind spots and inclusion (Allon Mureinik, DevConf.CZ 2020, cc-by-sa-4.0)
Language Barriers
https://abc.com/shows/modern-family

8. © 2019 Synopsys, Inc. 8Cognitive biases, blind spots and inclusion (Allon Mureinik, DevConf.CZ 2020, cc-by-sa-4.0)
Time Barriers
https://imgflip.com/i/3l8z6v

9. © 2019 Synopsys, Inc. 9Cognitive biases, blind spots and inclusion (Allon Mureinik, DevConf.CZ 2020, cc-by-sa-4.0)
If it’s not out in the open – it didn’t happen
https://thenounproject.com/term/door/1356887

10. © 2019 Synopsys, Inc. 10Cognitive biases, blind spots and inclusion (Allon Mureinik, DevConf.CZ 2020, cc-by-sa-4.0)
If you can’t be open, at least be transparent
https://thenounproject.com/term/radiography/40111

11. © 2019 Synopsys, Inc. 11Cognitive biases, blind spots and inclusion (Allon Mureinik, DevConf.CZ 2020, cc-by-sa-4.0)
Questions?
https://thenounproject.com/term/questions/1195076/

12. Thank You
Contact
allon.mureinik@synopsys.com
@mureinik
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mureinik/