Black Facebook staff describe workplace racism in anonymous letter(theguardian.com)
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Black Facebook staff describe workplace racism in anonymous letter
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/13/facebook-discrimination-black-workers-letter
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Sharing a story to a more widely read platform than medium is the value add. But yeah the original article is the source so probably better to start there.
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I'm not surprised
Seems like FB is turning to a right-wing org, since they won't take down ads with lies against Dem candidates, and still have Peter Thiel on their board. Wow, trying to find citations, it's much worse: https://mashable.com/article/facebook-right-wing-social-netw...
And I wonder how many progressives still want to work for them, they could end up with a self-selection problem of only right wingers working for them...
And I wonder how many progressives still want to work for them, they could end up with a self-selection problem of only right wingers working for them...
The actual letter. https://medium.com/@blindfb2020/facebook-empowers-racism-aga...
Maybe it was just me, but I had to read the actual letter to figure out what the issue was with the clean up request.
According to the letter, 2 white employees assumed the black/Latino employee was kitchen staff and asked the coworker to clean up their mess. When the black/Latino employee complained, the manager said they should dress more professionally. (like a t-shirt and a hoodie, maybe?)