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The progressive stack concept is controversial inside the Occupy movement, and has been criticized outside the movement as "forced equality", "racist", "sexist", and "unfair."{{Citation needed|Reason: previous reference did not support claim. date=December 2011|date=December 2011}} It has been adopted for Occupy Wall Street, but not for all Occupy locations.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mott|first=Meg|title=Wicca roots|url=http://www.reformer.com/ci_19286528?source=most_viewed|accessdate=11 November 2011|newspaper=Brattleboro Reformer|date=8 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Swain|first=Molly|title=Three Days Occupying Wall Street|url=http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2011/10/three-days-occupying-wall-street/|accessdate=11 November 2011|newspaper=[[The McGill Daily]]|date=27 October 2011}}</ref> |
The progressive stack concept is controversial inside the Occupy movement, and has been criticized outside the movement as "forced equality", "racist", "sexist", and "unfair."{{Citation needed|Reason: previous reference did not support claim. date=December 2011|date=December 2011}} It has been adopted for Occupy Wall Street, but not for all Occupy locations.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mott|first=Meg|title=Wicca roots|url=http://www.reformer.com/ci_19286528?source=most_viewed|accessdate=11 November 2011|newspaper=Brattleboro Reformer|date=8 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Swain|first=Molly|title=Three Days Occupying Wall Street|url=http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2011/10/three-days-occupying-wall-street/|accessdate=11 November 2011|newspaper=[[The McGill Daily]]|date=27 October 2011}}</ref> |
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==In Wikimedia== |
==In Wikimedia== |
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[[Sue Gardner]] has advocated that Wikipedia should copy the Occupy movement in its use of this tactic, stating "the “progressive stack” notion could help Wikimedia combat systemic bias in our projects."<ref>{{cite web|last=Gardner|first=Sue|authorlink=Sue Gardner|title=Three Occupy Wall Street tactics the Wikimedia movement should copy|work=Sue Gardner's Blog|date=8 November 2011|accessdate=1 February 2012}}</ref> |
[[Sue Gardner]], Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, has advocated that Wikipedia should copy the Occupy movement in its use of this tactic, stating "the “progressive stack” notion could help Wikimedia combat systemic bias in our projects."<ref>{{cite web|last=Gardner|first=Sue|authorlink=Sue Gardner|title=Three Occupy Wall Street tactics the Wikimedia movement should copy|work=Sue Gardner's Blog|date=8 November 2011|accessdate=1 February 2012}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:46, 16 February 2012
A progressive stack is a technique used in some general assemblies in the Occupy movement, designed to ensure that people from marginalized groups get a chance to speak.[1]
The theory behind the progressive stack is that people who are part of the majority or dominant culture are generally encouraged to express themselves, while people from minority or non-dominant groups are mostly silenced or ignored. In practice, "majority culture" is typically interpreted by progressive stack practitioners to mean white or male or young adult, while non-dominant groups include women, people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, non-white people, and very young or older people.[2][3]
The "stack" in the Occupy movement, is the list of speakers who are commenting on proposals or asking questions in public meetings. Anyone can request to be added to the stack. In meetings that don't use the progressive stack, people speak in the order they were added to the queue. In meetings that use the progressive stack, people from non-dominant groups are sometimes allowed to speak before people from dominant groups, by facilitators, or stack-keepers, urging speakers to "step forward, or step back" based on which group they belong to.[4]
The progressive stack concept is controversial inside the Occupy movement, and has been criticized outside the movement as "forced equality", "racist", "sexist", and "unfair."[citation needed] It has been adopted for Occupy Wall Street, but not for all Occupy locations.[5][6]
In Wikimedia
Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, has advocated that Wikipedia should copy the Occupy movement in its use of this tactic, stating "the “progressive stack” notion could help Wikimedia combat systemic bias in our projects."[7]
References
- ^ Penny, Laura (16 October 2011). "Protest By Consensus". New Statesman. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Mott, Meg (8 November 2011). "Wicca roots". Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Quattrochi, Gina (9 November 2011). "When the System Itself is the Problem: Trans women anarchists share Occupy Wall Street message". Gay City News. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Seltzer, Sarah (29 October 2011). "Where Are the Women at Occupy Wall Street?". The Nation. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Mott, Meg (8 November 2011). "Wicca roots". Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Swain, Molly (27 October 2011). "Three Days Occupying Wall Street". The McGill Daily. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Gardner, Sue (8 November 2011). "Three Occupy Wall Street tactics the Wikimedia movement should copy". Sue Gardner's Blog.
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