Sexist and racist codes of conduct do understandably make people uncomfortable.
What the tee total f...
The discussion on lobste.rs was actually really good.
A person who broke the CoC by snickering at the repeated use of the word dongle; unless a permanent ban is the result, the accused can not appeal any remedial actions taken against them. They are not even guaranteed to offer their side of the story in the investigation.
This CoC, like most, puts the power entirely in the hands of the accuser; it is very much the open source equivalent of a "binding arbitration" clause.
> reporting guide doesn't say anything
That's part of the problem: explicit behaviors are not called out, only the effect they have on the accuser matters.
By which you mean there's exactly one instance of it having happened in a completely different community (a Python conference) with a different CoC?
> [To be eligible] you are a person of any gender who is Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander
That is racist, by definition. Not very consequential and they can provide support to whoever they want IMO, but technically racist.