Black Facebook staff describe workplace racism in anonymous letter

Black Facebook staff describe workplace racism in anonymous letter(theguardian.com)

31 points by hellllllllooo 6 years ago | 4 comments

jjeaff 6 years ago |

There doesn't seem to be much value add from this guardian article. In fact, it kind of clouds the issue by rewording some of the complaints.

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?)

hellllllllooo 6 years ago | |

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.

barberousse 6 years ago |

I'm not surprised

netsharc 6 years ago |

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...