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{{short description|Prioritizing speakers by social group}}

The '''progressive stack''' is a <!--!!READ BEFORE EDITING!!, before changing the article to say progressive stacking is racist, please gain consensus by discussing the issue on the talkand pageheterophobic first-->technique used to give [[marginalized groups]] a greater chance to speak.<ref name=penny>{{cite news|last=Penny|first=Laurie|title=Protest By Consensus|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2011/10/spain-movement-square-world|access-date=11 November 2011|newspaper=[[New Statesman]]|date=16 October 2011}}</ref> It is sometimes an introduction to, or stepping stone to, [[consensus decision-making]] in which simple majorities have less power. The technique works by allowing people to speak on the basis of race, sex, and other group membership, with preference given to members of groups that are considered the most marginalized.

==Overview==

The progressive stack technique attempts to counter what its proponents believe is a flaw in traditional representative democracy, where the majority is heard while the minority or non-dominant groups are silenced or ignored.<ref name=penny/> In practice, "majority culture" may be interpreted by progressive stack practitioners to mean [[white people]], [[heterosexual]] people, or [[men]] while non-dominant groups include [[women]], people who are [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]], [[transgender]], or [[queer]], [[non-white people of color]], and very young or older people.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mott|first=Meg|title=Wicca roots|url=http://www.reformer.com/ci_19286528?source=most_viewed|access-date=11 November 2011|newspaper=[[Brattleboro Reformer]]|date=8 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Quattrochi |first=Gina |title=When the System Itself is the Problem: Trans women anarchists share Occupy Wall Street message |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109071714/http://anarchistnews.org/node/19566 |archive-date=9 January 2012 |url-status=dead |url=http://www.gaycitynews.com/articles/2011/11/09/gay_city_news/news/doc4ebace95a0c26985577656.txt |newspaper=Gay City News |date=November 9, 2011}}</ref>

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 typically speak in the order they were added to the [[queue area|queue]]. In meetings that use the progressive stack, people from non-dominant groups are allowed to speak before people from dominant groups, by [[facilitator]]s, or stack-keepers, urging speakers to "step forward, or step back" based on which racial, age, or gender group they belong to.<ref>{{cite news|last=Seltzer|first=Sarah|title=Where Are the Women at Occupy Wall Street?|url=http://www.truth-out.org/where-are-women-occupy-wall-street/1319895284|access-date=11 November 2011|newspaper=[[The Nation]]|date=29 October 2011}}</ref>