Recent pledges by Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft to diversify their workforce come after years of similar claims followed by little progress
Bloomberg : Tweets: @aarti411 , @qmatteoq , @bradsmi , @lorrainebardeen , @sbanjo , @carnage4life , and @fxshaw Tweets: Aarti Shahani / @aarti411 : Microsoft just made a concrete pledge: double the #...
Black Amazon employees, many working in warehouses, urge Jeff Bezos to match his rhetoric on racial justice with actions to address “systemic” racial bias
From racist graffiti to missed promotions, employees say a “systemic pattern of racial bias” permeates the company. Tweets: @kyweise , @kyweise , @kyweise , @kyweise , @teamcoworker , @kyweise , and @...
In internal email, Snap VP of diversity and inclusion apologizes for the Juneteenth filter, and says Black team members were fully involved in its development
didn't do things appropriately. This is what I learned. This is how we'll do better. Black lives matter. End scene. Save the explainations and defenses for your momma https://twitter.com/... Tiffani A...
Snap apologizes and disables its Juneteenth filter that allowed users to “smile and break the chains”, saying it didn't go through its usual review process
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Twitter and Square say they are adding a permanent company holiday on June 19, or Juneteenth, a key date celebrating African-American emancipation from slavery
- Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square CEO, tweeted on Tuesday that both companies will honor Juneteenth as a company holiday …