Mark W.rites

biases

Scene in front of a school with a group of Black students climbing the steps as they enter the building. Front and center is a boy with a large afro and a vividly-patterned dress shirt with a butterfly collar. Near him is a girl in a nice flowery shirt with a concerned look on her face, being comforted by an adult. Behind him some other students are approaching, and behind them are a sea of white people near an iron fence, protesting their approach.

I don’t know that I have ever told this story to anyone, other than my wife, but there are a handful of people around my age who may remember it well.

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Illustration of a large group of diverse people, representing many ethnicities, genders, ages, and religions.

Two weeks ago a small publisher sent me an email about the book I'm writing. They asked what it was about. I responded with a synopsis and a link to the talk I've been giving which is the foundation for it. It’s about exclusivity and biases in design.

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