Originally posted by moilami
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It is also an issue with how motivated people are to contribute. If one group has, historically, been treated like they are less welcome, treated like they are less valued, treated like they are less a part of the community, or event actively discouraged from contributing, then they are going to be less likely to contribute then they would if only their skills were taken into account. Again, this is the case with women in the tech community (and many other communities).
So in your ideal fantasy world, then no, none of this would be necessary. But this is not your ideal fantasy world, this is the real world, and in the real world there are a lot of issues holding people back besides their skills alone, and there has been a lot of damage done to the motivation of certain groups to participate that were no fault of their own.
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