Tag: Allies

Earlier this month, I joined the “Managing Software Teams in Seattle” meetup to discuss how allies can give effective and equitable feedback. One of the topics we explored was whether there’s a role for allies to play in the 360-degree feedback process. (If you’re not familia...

Mistakes must be expected and being held accountable has to be expected as well. The points below outline some of the common behaviors that show up often in social justice conversations. I want to be clear that we all participate in some of the following counterproductive acts. We are not al...

Well-intentioned people make mistakes — lots of them. Mistakes must be expected and being held accountable has to be expected as well. The points below outline some of the common behaviors that show up often in social justice conversations. I want to be clear that we all participate in s...

The 1930s marked a turbulent era, not just in Europe with the rise of Nazi Germany, but also in the United States, where an often-overlooked fragment of this dark history unfolded — the German American Bund. This exploration aims to unravel the complexities of the Bund and its disturbing conne...