"Zuckerberg is taking a massive gamble in prioritizing the company's relationship with Trump over its workers. As a large tech company based in Silicon Valley, Facebook is in intense competition for talent. If the company is unable to retain or attract highly-skilled employees, its business will suffer. Zuckerberg appear…
"Zuckerberg is taking a massive gamble in prioritizing the company's relationship with Trump over its workers. As a large tech company based in Silicon Valley, Facebook is in intense competition for talent. If the company is unable to retain or attract highly-skilled employees, its business will suffer. Zuckerberg appears confident that, over time, his employees will get over it."
may be the most white-privileged thing I've read in a while - and that's saying something. You know who "gets over" something like this? People who are not *personally* affected by racism. And, gee, who would that be? So, really, Mark is telling on himself: most of his coveted talented does not and/or won't include black people. So, the gamble isn't "massive." History is on Mark's side here - white people (and sometimes non-black POC) engage in performative acts of solidarity with the black community when the moment is trending then go back on about their lives until the NEXT Trayvon Martin. Or Sandra Bland. Or Tamir Rice. Or Eric Garner. Or Michael Brown. Or Philando Castile. Or Breonna Taylor. Or, or, or, or, or, or, or ... If I am honest, I am guilty of this myself. And, I have no doubt FB has a mountain of data that empirically proves this point - data we all willingly hand over to mine every single day. (Hi, Cambridge Analytica!)
It's not just Mark, either. He is enabled by his executive leadership. He is enabled by his Board of Directors. And, he is enabled by all of the businesses who continue to PAY to promote their Black Lives Matter content on the very platform that has openly declared itself ready and willing to discriminate. (See point above about data-mining.)
Apologies for the rant. And thank you for your hard work in continuing to expose this type of conduct.
This right here:
"Zuckerberg is taking a massive gamble in prioritizing the company's relationship with Trump over its workers. As a large tech company based in Silicon Valley, Facebook is in intense competition for talent. If the company is unable to retain or attract highly-skilled employees, its business will suffer. Zuckerberg appears confident that, over time, his employees will get over it."
may be the most white-privileged thing I've read in a while - and that's saying something. You know who "gets over" something like this? People who are not *personally* affected by racism. And, gee, who would that be? So, really, Mark is telling on himself: most of his coveted talented does not and/or won't include black people. So, the gamble isn't "massive." History is on Mark's side here - white people (and sometimes non-black POC) engage in performative acts of solidarity with the black community when the moment is trending then go back on about their lives until the NEXT Trayvon Martin. Or Sandra Bland. Or Tamir Rice. Or Eric Garner. Or Michael Brown. Or Philando Castile. Or Breonna Taylor. Or, or, or, or, or, or, or ... If I am honest, I am guilty of this myself. And, I have no doubt FB has a mountain of data that empirically proves this point - data we all willingly hand over to mine every single day. (Hi, Cambridge Analytica!)
It's not just Mark, either. He is enabled by his executive leadership. He is enabled by his Board of Directors. And, he is enabled by all of the businesses who continue to PAY to promote their Black Lives Matter content on the very platform that has openly declared itself ready and willing to discriminate. (See point above about data-mining.)
Apologies for the rant. And thank you for your hard work in continuing to expose this type of conduct.