throwaway82931

One way to do better is to recognize that the onus is by default put on minorities to explain discrimination. For example, black people in the US spend extraordinary amounts of time explaining racism to white people, an exhausting and neverending effort. It's like a DDOS.

By "open source orgs" I mean entities such as all the non-profits which host/support open source projects.

You're right about it being unhealthy, unfortunately. It might be for the best if it dies and is replaced by something else.

Absolutely. At open source orgs, the internal communication channels are way worse than the public ones. People advocate for positions all the time which would negatively impact their careers if made public.

I'm glad to hear that. It makes perfect sense that reducing the subjective "culture fit" factor reduces hiring bias.

But I would also say that as someone who has experience at the highest levels of open source organizations and who has witnessed the extraordinary extent to which entrenched parties will fight to keep structural discrimination in place: Don't underestimate people's ability to discriminate based on identity alone, without having met in person.