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Originally posted by M. Krass
While FIRST's mission is to inspire all students, we often see that a special emphasis is placed upon recruiting, involving, and inspiring women and minorities. Often, this is because these groups have experienced discrimination; either currently, or in their history.
Question 5-04-03: Have you ever witnessed or experienced discrimination through your involvement with FIRST? How did you respond? How should we, as a community, respond?
Where this exists, I'd like to see it vanish. Where it doesn't exist, I want to learn what people are doing (or not doing), to keep things that way. This can be a positive experience for everyone.
Today's Question of the Week was inspired by the actions of two individuals during the 2003 season. I am refraining from posting their names, which is something of a radical departure for me. I expect for that to set the tone of this thread. I want this to be a learning experience, not an exercise in libel.
Thanks.
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It depends on your definition of discrimination. I'm sure at one point in our lives, we've all been guilty of it even without realizing it. I personally haven't seen it directly related to FIRST, but I'll assume that there is some going on. Hey, we are only human. It's in our nature to descriminate, and even if we don't want to, it ends up happening.