Racism and the OTW

[forestofglory]

Today I wrote the board of the OTW to ask them to take concrete steps to address racism on their platforms.

This the letter I wrote:

Dear Board,

I admire the way that the AO3 has built a community for fans. And in many ways that community has been welcoming and inclusive, but we have failed to address racism in our community. Fans of color have been speaking up for a long time. We need to listen to them. It's inadequate to link to work by folks like Dr Rukmini Pande and Stitch without discussing how OTW plans to deal with the racism that's coming from inside the house. I would like the see the organization make a statement about this listing concrete steps that the OTW will take to address racism. At the very least the board should establish a standing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion committee to study what steps are possible.

Regards,
[legal name] (Forestofglory)

If you would like to write them as well you can do so here. Feel free to use my letter as template.

Comments

[clevermanka]

Thank you for writing. A similar letter is on my agenda for this week, too.

[forestofglory]

Good!

[ranalore]

Thank you for the template and for writing, and for pointing to annateethe on Twitter! My brain is not wording so great when it comes to formal correspondence right now, but you both helped jump-start me enough to get a letter written and sent to the Board today.

[forestofglory]

So glad we could help you out!

[tassosss]

Thanks for the template. I wrote my own just now, and this was a good guide for points to make.

[forestofglory]

Happy to help!