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Mercedes Lackey Ejected From Nebula Conference For Using Racial Slur
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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8644694" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>And here we have the winner.</p><p></p><p>There was absolutely no reason to take this into the public realm as a first reaction. This was a relatively minor problem that could have been resolved in 30 seconds had the person on the panel simply taken the tiniest moment to react appropriately. We HAVE these sorts of policies in place in organizations like this specifically to deal with problems like this. I am 100% sure that the SFWA has harassment and whatnot policies publicly stated and freely available to all members. The person on the panel chose to ignore all of that to take to Twitter. Now, apparently, what she wrote on twitter wasn't all that inflammatory or accusatory either, but, still, if you have an issue at a conference, TALK TO THE CONFERENCE MANAGERS FIRST.</p><p></p><p>What's the point of having policies in place if people will just ignore them. The whole reason this became a huge issue is because the policies were ignored. If you (general you) have an issue like this, you take it to the proper channels first. Then, climb the chain if necessary. Posting it on Twitter should be your last resort, not your first reaction.</p><p></p><p>All this does is fuel the folks who claim that they are being bullied by the Twitter mob and that we're being repressed. It just flies straight up my nose when people cannot be bothered to actually follow the clearly laid out procedures that they AGREED TO before attending a panel. It's inconceivable that the SWFA wouldn't have these procedures in place and that they wouldn't have made them clearly available to everyone on the way in the door.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rant.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rant:" title="Rant :rant:" data-shortname=":rant:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8644694, member: 22779"] And here we have the winner. There was absolutely no reason to take this into the public realm as a first reaction. This was a relatively minor problem that could have been resolved in 30 seconds had the person on the panel simply taken the tiniest moment to react appropriately. We HAVE these sorts of policies in place in organizations like this specifically to deal with problems like this. I am 100% sure that the SFWA has harassment and whatnot policies publicly stated and freely available to all members. The person on the panel chose to ignore all of that to take to Twitter. Now, apparently, what she wrote on twitter wasn't all that inflammatory or accusatory either, but, still, if you have an issue at a conference, TALK TO THE CONFERENCE MANAGERS FIRST. What's the point of having policies in place if people will just ignore them. The whole reason this became a huge issue is because the policies were ignored. If you (general you) have an issue like this, you take it to the proper channels first. Then, climb the chain if necessary. Posting it on Twitter should be your last resort, not your first reaction. All this does is fuel the folks who claim that they are being bullied by the Twitter mob and that we're being repressed. It just flies straight up my nose when people cannot be bothered to actually follow the clearly laid out procedures that they AGREED TO before attending a panel. It's inconceivable that the SWFA wouldn't have these procedures in place and that they wouldn't have made them clearly available to everyone on the way in the door. :rant: [/QUOTE]
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