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stevedice@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Twice I got my face plastered on the flyers of a conference because none of the other speakers looked Mexican enough. I still don’t know if should have been offended.
Comment on Squad Goals
stevedice@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Twice I got my face plastered on the flyers of a conference because none of the other speakers looked Mexican enough. I still don’t know if should have been offended.
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
Stuff like this is pretty context dependent, and vibes based. Did it feel like this happened because people recognised that you belonged to a marginalised group, and were earnestly making an attempt to subvert systemic oppression you may face as a researcher by raising you up? Or did it feel like you were being instrumentalised, boiled down to a 2D representation of who you are in order to further the aims of that conference and/or research group?
ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
You say that like it can’t be both
stevedice@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Oh, shit. I left out hugely important context. This happened in Mexico so it’s probably neither of those.