I’d have suggested you to read biology but that wouldn’t have helped you to not be a racist.

Why won’t they?

In my experience, it has been smooth in the past.

FYI atom project is dead. There is a community form available but it was to buggy for me.

I’ve donated in the past to elementaryOS, other Linux projects and separately to Wikipedia.

I’ve tried contributing code, but it’s miniscule. I wish I could give more time.