91. BLM, inclusivity and techcomm

Black Lives Matter (BLM), inclusivity and technical communicators: What can/should technical communicators do within and without their jobs?

 

BLM means recognising black people have historically suffered from prejudice and injustices, and that they still do today. 

 

We look at:

 

1. BLM and techcomm outputs
2. Encouraging Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) people to become technical communicators
3. Technical communicators using their skills in the wider community to support BLM

 

Links:

Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/ellispratt/status/1274966367159095296

https://developers.google.com/style/inclusive-documentation

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/bias-free-communication

https://www.notion.so/9560a2fdb9364c1aa9e1ede6e6e84225?v=097d37e5e18d452b81af5712df427a56

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/StyleGuide/current/StyleGuide/Domains

https://github.com/thm/uinames/blob/master/uinames.com/api/names.json

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53050955

https://www.cnet.com/news/master-and-slave-tech-terms-face-scrutiny-amid-anti-racism-efforts/

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-zTssredxA&feature=youtu.be

 

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