Two weeks ago, I did something really stupid. I tweeted that Naomi Wu, @realsexycyborg, was not who she claimed to be, pointed to a conspiracy theory on that subject on Reddit. That would be wrong in any circumstance, but I’ve come to realize a couple of important things about this particular interaction: my response reflected my unconscious biases; and the negative impact of my tweets was amplified by the fact that I, a white, Western, male CEO of a key company in the Maker community, publicly questioned a young, female, self-employed Chinese maker. I specifically apologize for the tactless use of quotes around โherโ in a tweet of mine that was offensive to Naomi and all women.
It was completely inappropriate of me to question Naomiโs identity. My reference to a web page that claimed that a white male was responsible for her projects was insulting to Naomi, to women, and to the technical and creative capabilities of the Chinese people. Naomi is what she says she is – an authentic maker who receives no more assistance from others than is customary in a traditional makerspace – and she discloses such assistance when she receives it. Naomiโs results both when working as an individual and when working with Chinese engineers on her sino:bit project demonstrate that she and other Chinese makers are every bit as capable and creative as their Western counterparts. I deeply regret what I have done to suggest otherwise. I apologize to Naomi and the entire Maker community around the world.
Naomi shared pointed criticism around diversity at Maker Faire Shenzhen, including the very important issues of not being sufficiently inclusive of female makers, and the over-representation of foreign-born makers. I should have put more effort into addressing those issues myself and I fully accept responsibility for not doing so. I realize that I contributed to the marginalization of women and local makers in China and I apologize for that.
With feedback from Naomi, we are working on a set of actions Make: will take to address her concerns.
- With permission from Naomi, we will feature Naomi and her work on the cover of the next issue of Make: along with a full-length story about her work.
- We will invite her and help her obtain a VISA to a USA Maker Faire in 2018, covering her travel and expenses.
- We will be publishing a diversity audit of Make: as a company and our properties, and will be setting goals to drive progress on these issues.
- We will be assembling advisory boards to work with our Maker Faire organizers to ensure our events are representative of our entire community. We will invite Naomi to be part of any advisory board for events in China.
We have learned a lot in the past week here at Make:. Learning and growth are not always easy and we appreciate how Naomi and the Maker community have pushed us and held us accountable. Inclusion, be it gender, culture or technology, is a core value of ours and in this situation, I fell short of living that ethos. While I grapple with that, Make: is committed to carrying on this conversation and affecting change across our community.
We also want to hear from you, our community. What conversations are you having around issues of inclusion in the maker movement? What are your challenges and concerns? Would you like to write on this topic, or recommend diverse makers for us to cover online or the magazine? Please send us your input at editor@makezine.com.ย This is justย the first step in a series of discussions around these topics we plan to host on the pages of Make:, in online communities, and in person at Maker Faires around the world.
Chinese Version
ไธคไธช็คผๆๅ๏ผๆๅนฒไบไธไปถ้ๅธธๆ่ ข็ไบๆ ใๆๅจๆจ็นไธ่ฏดNaomi Wu, @realsexycyborg,ๅฅนไธๆฏๅซไบบๆณ่ฑกไธญ้ฃๆ ท็ไบบ๏ผ่ฟๅฌไฟกไบRedditๆ้ ๆน้ปๅฅน็ๆ่ฐ้ด่ฐ่ฎบใๅจๆฒกๆ่ฏๆฎ็ๆ ๅตไธๅฐฑๆฑก่ๅซไบบ๏ผๆ ่ฎบๅฆไฝๆ็ๆไฝๆไธบ้ฝๆฏ้่ฏฏ็ใ็นๅซๆฏๅจ่ฟๆฌก็ไบๅจไธญๆไผผไนๆ็ฝไบๅ ไปถ้่ฆ็ไบๆ ๏ผๆๅฝๆถ็ๅๅคๅ ถๅฎๆๆฏๅธฆ็ๆ่ฒ็ผ้็ๅซไบบ๏ผๆฒกๆๆ่ฏๅฐ่ชๅทฑๅ ถๅฎๅๅบไบๆๅ่ง็ๅณๅฎใๅ ไธบๆไธๅ่ฅฟๆน็ฝไบบ็ทๆงCEOไฝไธบๅๅฎข็คพๅบๆ ธๅฟๆๅ๏ผๅจๆจ็นไธ้ขๅ ฌๅผ่ดจ็ไบ่ฟๅๆฅ่ชไธญๅฝ็ๅนด่ฝปๅฅณๆง่ช็ฑ่ไธ่ ็่จ่ฎบ๏ผไธฅ้ๅฐๆๅฎณไบๅฅน็ไธชไบบๅๅฃฐๅๅ ๅคงไบไบไปถๅฏนๅฅน็่ด้ขๅฝฑๅใๆ่ฟ่ฆ็นๅซไธบๆ้ฃๅฅไธๅพไฝ็ๅจโherโๅ ๅๅผๅท็ๆ็คบๅฅนๆฏๅๆงไบบ่จ่ฎบๆฑๆญ๏ผ่ฟไธไป ๅ็ฏๅฐNaomi่ไธๅฏนๅ ถไปๅฅณๆงๆฅ่ฏดไนๆฏไธๅ ฌๅนณ็ใ
ๅ ไธบๆไธชไบบๅๅ ่ๅป่ดจ็Naomi็่บซไปฝๆฏๅฎๅ จไธๅ็็ใๆๅผ็จๅซไบบ้ ่ฐฃๅ็้ฃ็ฏๅฅนๆๅ็้กน็ฎไป ไป ๅฝๅไบๅฅน่บซๅ็็ฝไบบ็ทๆง็ๆ็ซ ๅป่ดฌไฝๅฅน็ๅไบ่ฝๅใๆ ่ฎบๅฏนๅฅน๏ผๅฏนๅ ถๅฅนๅฅณๆง๏ผๅฏนๅ ถไปไธญๅฝๆๆๆฏ่ๆฏ็ไบบๆ่ ๅ ถไปๆๅ้ ่ฝๅ็ไธญๅฝไบบๆฅ่ฏด้ฝๆฏ่ตค่ฃธ่ฃธ็ไพฎ่พฑใNaomiๅ ถๅฎๅฐฑๆฏๅฅนๅฃไธญๆๆ่ฟฐ็้ฃไธชไบบ-ไธๅ็ๆญฃ็ๅๅฎข๏ผๅพๅฐ็ๅธฎๅฉๅชๆฏ่ท้ๅธธๅ ถไปไบบๅจไผ ็ปๅๅฎข็ฉบ้ด็ๅทฎไธๅค๏ผ็ปๆ ่ฐฃ่จๆไผ ็้ขๅคๅธฎๅฉใไธ็ฎกๆฏNaomi่ชๅทฑ็ฌ็ซๅถไฝ็็ปๆ่ฟๆฏๅๅ ถไปไธญๅฝๅทฅ็จๅธๅไฝๅฎๆSino:bit็็ง็ง่ฟน่ฑก้ฝ่กจๆไบๅฏนๆฏ่ฅฟๆนไบบ่ฟไธ็ซฏ๏ผไธญๅฝไบบไนๆฏๅฏไปฅๆๆๅ็๏ผๆๅ้ ๅ็ใๆไธบๆ็ๆไฝๆไธบๆทฑๆๅฟๆ๏ผๅฆๆๆถๅ ๅๆตๆไผๅๅบไธไธๆ ท็ๅณๅฎใๅจๆญคๆๅฏนNaomiๅไธ็ไธๆๆๅๅฎข็คพๅบ็ๆๅ่ดๆญใ
Naomiๅไบซไบๅฏนๆทฑๅณๅถๆฑ่็ๆณๆณ๏ผๆน่ฏๅ ถไธๅคๅคๅ ๅ๏ผ็นๅซๆๅบไบๅ ไธชๆพ่็้ฎ้ข๏ผไพๅฆ็ผบไนๅฅณๆงๅๅฎขไปฃ่กจ๏ผ่ฟไบ้ข็นๅฐไฝฟ็จๅจๅฝๅคๅบ็็ไบบไฝไธบๅๅฎขไปฃ่กจใๆไธๅผๅงๅฐฑๅบ่ฏฅๅ ณๆณจๅค็่ฟไบ้ฎ้ข๏ผๅ ไธบๆฒกๆๅฐฝ่ๅฐฝ่ดฃ๏ผๆไปฅ็ฐๅจๆไผๅฎๅ จๆฟๆ ๆฒกๆๅๅฅฝๆฌ่ๅทฅไฝ็ๅๆใๆๆ่ฏๅฐๆๆฏๅฅณๆงๅๅฎขๅๅ ถไปไธญๅฝๅๅฎข่พน็ผๅ็ๆบๅคดไนไธ๏ผไธบๆญคๆๅๆฌก้ๆญใ
ๅฏนไบNaomi็ๅ้ฆ๏ผๆไปฌๅจๅ่ฎจMakeๅฏน่ฟไปถไบ้่ฆๆง่ก็ๅฎ้ ่กๅจใ
-ๅพๅฐNaomi็ๅ่ฎธๅ๏ผๆไปฌๅฐไผๆๅฅน่ฎพๅฎไธบไธไธๆMakeๆๅฟ็ๅฐ้ขไบบ็ฉ๏ผๅๆถไผไปฅๅ ไธชๅ่ฟฐ็ฏๅน ๅปๅฑ็คบๅฅนๆๅ็ไธไบ้กน็ฎใ
-ๆไปฌๅฐไผ้่ฏทๅๅธฎๅฉๅฅน่ทๅ2018ๅนดๅๅ ็พๅฝๅถๆฑ่็็ญพ่ฏ๏ผไนไผ่ดๆ ๆ ่ก็ๆๆๆฏๅบใ
-ๆไปฌไผๅบ็ไธไปฝ็ป่ฟๅฎก่ฎกๅMake็ๅคๅ ๅ็จๅบฆๆฐๆฎ:ไฝไธบๆฌๅ ฌๅธๅๆไปฌ็ๆไธไบง็ฉ็ๅฏผๅ๏ผๆไปฌๅฐไผๅถๅฎ็ฎๆ ๅชๅๆนๅ่ฟไบ้ฎ้ขใ
-ๆไปฌๅฐไผ็ปๅปบๆ่ฎฎๅงๅไผไธๅถๆฑ่็็ป็ป่ ไบคๆตไปฅ็กฎไฟๆไปฌ่ฟไบๆดปๅจไธ้ข็ๅๅฎข่ฝไปฃ่กจๅฝๅฐ็ๆดไธช็คพๅบใๆไปฌๅฐไผ้่ฏทNaomiไฝไธบๅจไธญๅฝไธพๅๆดปๅจ็ๆ่ฎฎไผๅใ
ๅจ่ฟๅปไธคไธช็คผๆไธญๆไปฌMake:ๅญฆไน ไบไธๅฐ:ๅญฆไน ไธๆ้ฟ็้่ทฏไธๆปๆฏไธๅธ้ฃ้กบ็๏ผๆไปฌๆๆฟNaomiๅๆดไธชๅๅฎข็คพๅบ็ไบบๆจๅจๆไปฌๅๆญฃ็กฎ็ไบๆ ๏ผๅฏนๆไปฌ็่กไธบ้ฎ่ดฃใๅ ทๅคๅ ๅฎนๆง๏ผ้ขๅฏนไปปไฝๆงๅซ๏ผๆๅ่ฟๆฏๆๆฏ่ๆฏ๏ผ้ฝๆฏๆไปฌ็ๆ ธๅฟไปทๅผ่ง่ไธๅจ่ฟ็งๆ ๅฝขไธๆด็นๆพๅ ถๆไนใๆ่งๆไปฌ็็กฎ็ผบๅฐ้ฃ็ง็คพไผๆๆฝฎใๆไปฌไนๅจๆณๆน่ฎพๆณๅบไป่ฟ็งๆ ๅต๏ผMake:ไผ็ปง็ปญๅ ฌๅผ่ฎจ่ฎบ่ฟ็ฑป็่ฏ้ข๏ผไนๅธๆ่ฝๅคๅธฎๅฉๆนๅๅฝฑๅ็คพๅบใ
ๆไปฌไนๅธๆ่ฝๅฌๅฐๆฅ่ชๆไปฌ็คพๅบ็ๆ่งใๅจๅๅฎข่ฟๅจไธญไฝ ๅฌ่ฟๅชไบๅ ณไบ่ขซๆๆค็ๅฏน่ฏ๏ผไฝ ้ขไธด็ไปไนๆๆๅไปไนๆ ๅฟง๏ผไฝ ๆฟๆ็ซๅบๆฅๅไธไบๅ ณไบ่ฟไธชๅ ๅฎน็ๆ็ซ ๅ๏ผๆ่ ็ปๆไปฌๆจ่ไธไบๅคๅ ๅ็ๅๅฎข่ฎฉๆไปฌๅจ็ฝไธๆ่ ๅจๆๅฟ้้ขไป็ปไปไปฌใ่ฏทๆไฝ ็ๅปบ่ฎฎๅๅฐ่ฟไธช้ฎ็ฎฑeditor@makezine.comใ่ฟๅชๆฏๆไปฌๅด็ป่ฟไธช็ฑปๅ็่ฏ้ขๅฑๅผไธ็ณปๅ่ฎจ่ฎบๅๆ็ฎๅจMake:ๆๅฟ้้ขๅฑ็คบๅบๆฅๆ่ฟๅบ็็ฌฌไธๆญฅ๏ผๆ ่ฎบๅจ็ฝ็ป็คพๅบ๏ผๆๆฏๅจไธ็ไธไปปไฝไธไธชๅถๆฑ่้ฝๅธๆๅคงๅฎถ็ปง็ปญ่ฎจ่ฎบ็่ฏ้ขใ
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