Despite our mythologies of open source as a flat, accessible, democratic model for software development, the way we lead our open source groups consistently proves otherwise.

Is it enough to be measured by the quality of our code alone?

Forcing people to live in fear shows nothing but a cruel disregard of their lives.

As the diversity in tech movement gains traction, open source faces an identity crisis.

What does it mean to have success socializing at hot-ticket events if you can't get past the front door of them?

They work together in concert, and in practice, function to exclude and marginalize minorities in tech.