16 November 2016
Over the last few days I have held more telecons. I love the word “telecon”. It makes your family think you are doing something important with the phone rather than just chatting to your friends. It absolves you from domestic chores. And it prevents your mum from ringing. (My spell-checker, however, does not like telecons. It autocorrects them to “telecoms”. I resemt the inplicatiom that I cammot tell my n’s fron my m’s.) Today’s telecons are with the panellists taking part in our IP Inclusive party. The panel discussion is going to be about ethnic diversity. There is not much of this in IP at the moment, so I have had to work hard to source panellists with appropriate genetic profiles. Now I am trying to find out all about them so I know what questions to ask when I chair the panel discussion. It would be embarrassing if I asked them stupid things like their favourite TV programme or how long they spend on their makeup. So I ask each of them what challenges they’ve had to overcome in order to be ethnically diverse in an ethnically fairly not-diverse profession. And they all say: Well, actually, it’s been fine; everyone’s been really nice to me. I ask how difficult it was getting a job or getting promoted. They say: Well, you know, that was quite easy too. I ask if they feel uncomfortable having so few ethnically diverse role models around. They say: Not really; people are very supportive. This rather takes the wind out of my sails. I am wondering quite why minority ethnic groups are so under-represented in the IP professions when it is all so easy for them. I am thinking there must be more to this than meets the eye. I need to drill down to smoke out the bottom line going forward. So I ask: What’s your favourite TV programme?
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