It is no secret that women, people of color, and other minority groups are highly underrepresented in our audio industry. So how do we change this? We need to understand intersectionality and practice intersectionality as a WAY OF THINKING and ACTION, and not just a word.
However, the icing on the cake would be if I’m not the only Black, femme, and LGBTQ person on those technical teams. In a few years when I can grow as a businessperson, I want to have the power to train and recruit diverse engineers, A2s, foley artists, dialogue editors, etc who look like me.
Is live audio a meritocracy? In my experience, it is widely believed that in our industry “outcomes such as wealth, jobs, and power are distributed on the basis of hard work, strong motivation, and personal ability.”
No, I don’t give a shit about cursing! We use language to express ourselves, and even when we have the best intentions some phrases, wording, and terms, in general, are no longer applicable or widely accepted.
What we are doing now matters to the future generations, we can shame people in public for having bad experiences or we can lift them up to be greater and learn from those times instead.