Posted on 06/08/2020 4:45:41 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
LinkedIn's CEO has apologized to staff after anonymous employees made "appalling comments" about racism and diversity during a companywide meeting.
"We are not and will not be a company or platform where racism or hateful speech is allowed," Ryan Roslansky wrote in an email to staff that was also posted on LinkedIn. Roslansky took over as CEO of the professional networking company this week.
The company, which is owned by Microsoft Corp., convened a virtual town hall over video Wednesday. Roslansky said more than 9,000 of the company's 16,000 global employees joined to discuss racial bias following the death of George Floyd, a black man, after a white police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes.
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One comment read: "Blacks kill blacks at 50 times the rate that whites kill blacks. Usually it is the result of gang violence in the inner city. Where is the outcry?"
Another said: "I believe giving any racial group privilege over others in a zero sum game would not get any support by others. Any thoughts on hurting others while giving privileges with the rosy name called diversity?"
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Noting that LinkedIn users are required to use their real identities, he said the company would not allow anonymous comments in future staff meetings. He added that the presenters on the call, including himself, were not able to track the comments in real time. That too, he said, would not happen again.
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(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...
“He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.”
The truth has become “appalling.”
I note the 7,000 of the company’s employees said “F-you.”
I made no comments, but FU just the same. Closed my LinkedIn account this weekend. Deleted all my WordPress blogs as well. I will have no part of any of this.
Just don’t make that kind of comments where it can be traced back to you
In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
‘’’’The truth has become “appalling.”’’’
The era of Truth as an insult.
If those comments are treated as appalling, there is no point in hoping for the real dialogue that race hustlers claim to want. This is a war between good and evil, and it’s time for decent Americans to accept that fact.
You should give Drupal a try.
Next they'll push for the end of the secret ballot in our elections.
Today will be my last day on LinkedIn.
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If my company put on an event like that, I’d damned well assume that any comment I made could be traced to me.
Damn the facts I want to Feellllzzzz good!
“These are difficult conversations,”
There is no ‘conversation’ when only one point of view may be expressed.What
There was a thread last week about schools pumping out “BLM” like garbage; re-education for the ever racist whites.
“ Some white boys said racist things such as police killing more ‘whites’ than ‘blacks’”.
One comment read: "Blacks kill blacks at 50 times the rate that whites kill blacks. Usually it is the result of gang violence in the inner city. Where is the outcry?"
Another said: "I believe giving any racial group privilege over others in a zero sum game would not get any support by others. Any thoughts on hurting others while giving privileges with the rosy name called diversity?"
Dang those racist facts!
“Today will be my last day on LinkedIn.”
ditto ... just cancelled ... worthless anyway ... never looked at it ...
reason for cancelling:
other:
“fascist management unable to tolerate anonymous, dissenting comments from employees”
Wow those employees should be glad they were able to make those comments as anonymous otherwise they would have been fired I guess.
No more anonymous posting I see.
Just closed my account.
Thank you. I’ll take a look.
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