Right now, for me, removing speakers who say racist things is a much higher priority than seeking racial balance in attendees. And probably higher than either is having an event which pushes towards the truth, since I generally think this is so hard. But I agree that there are lots of black intellectuals and streamers I’d love to listen to.
I can imagine thinking that it would be good to push slightly on speakers in the representation direction. The problem is it can quite quickly shift away from having the speakers the community most wants to hear. Probably I’d have a big poll and then anyone can nominate speakers, anyone can vote. In that world, representative speakers can be bumped up if everyone wants that but that has a cost to attendees themselves.
Right now, for me, removing speakers who say racist things is a much higher priority than seeking racial balance in attendees. And probably higher than either is having an event which pushes towards the truth, since I generally think this is so hard. But I agree that there are lots of black intellectuals and streamers I’d love to listen to.
I can imagine thinking that it would be good to push slightly on speakers in the representation direction. The problem is it can quite quickly shift away from having the speakers the community most wants to hear. Probably I’d have a big poll and then anyone can nominate speakers, anyone can vote. In that world, representative speakers can be bumped up if everyone wants that but that has a cost to attendees themselves.