Margo Seltzer on The Power of Allies

 Wow. Great words from Professor Margo Seltzer:

The most important message goes to both senior and junior researchers alike. This has been my mantra for the last decade: it is not the job of the underrepresented to solve underrepresentation [emphasis mine]. It is the job of the majority to make their field open, welcoming and enticing. The first problem we create is we put all of the underrepresented people on the diversity committee. That is not going to fix the problem. The problem needs to be fixed by the majority, who are comfortable in their fields. That is the single most important thing.

 Read the whole article (both Part One and Part Two)!