The Black Lives Matter movement have an ally in philanthropist and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
NBC News has confirmed the inner memo posted internally for Facebook employees that was first reported by Gizmodo on Thursday.
In the memo, Zuckerberg called what by some employees of "crossing out 'Black Lives Matter' and writing 'all lives matter'" on a Facebook (physical) wall disappointing.
"Despite my clear communication at Q&A yesterday evening that this was unacceptable, and messages from several other leaders from a fair distance, it has happened again, inches Zuckerberg said in the memo. "I was already very disappointed by this disrespectful behavior before, but after my communication I now consider this malicious as well. inches
Zuckerberg pointed out in the memo that the statement "Black Lives Matter" does not declare that other lives do not matter, but that "the black community also defines the justice they deserve. inches
Zuckerberg's a reaction to what he called speech silencing, comes at an interesting time for the tech community where Photography equipment Americans are barely present within the tech labourforce. According to reports, the number of Photography equipment Americans in the tech industry is disappointing, with blacks making up only 4 percent of overall workers.
As a result, many companies, like Facebook, have invested resources in your neighborhood of diversity to show their commitment to representing the diverse communities which is why they serve.
Maxine Williams, Facebook's global diversity director, reiterated that comment in Jan of last year.
"For Facebook, diversity is imperative to our future growth, inches she told USA Today. "If we aren't getting it right, we risk losing meaning in an incredibly diverse world. inches
Ironically, the Black Lives Mater movement was birthed via social media. Thanks to a Facebook post in 2013 using the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, the movement was born.
From there, social media has facilitated greater connectivity for not only Black Lives Matter, but also student activism across campuses nationwide, as Imani Perry, Hughes-Rogers Professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University explained to NBCBLK in Nov.
The incident at Facebook is being investigated, according to Zuckerberg's post. They are also arranging a company town room meeting on Mar 4 to greater educate employees.
