>“I didn’t feel welcome and included. I never saw anyone who looked different, ”
>I had to deal with a lot of microaggressions, from being ignored to … realizing [some people were] not willing to help.”
This is probably the quickest way to turn perceived racism into real racism. Make a huge deal about how different you are from everyone else, and blame every sleight on the white men for simply being over represented in a voluntary gathering.
Ironically, the apparent solution to incidental exclusion is purposeful exclusion. This is growing increasingly ridiculous.
On a related note, how far backwards are we to bend to accommodate for others? I once shook hands with a Muslim woman, before she noted that she was not allowed to shake hands with men. Why stop there? Why not segregate women and have them wear facial coverings to be inclusive of Muslim men[0]? Business has its own culture, without which it would function less efficiently, and the people writing articles like these don't seem to care, prizing diversity over actual function or merit.
[0]I don't mean to target Islam specifically, this is a general problem of cultural clash that only white people in the US are apparently supposed to be shamed for.