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"Amid this global movement to end anti-Blackness, we credit these companies for answering our call swiftly and taking a clear stand for what's right so we can hold Facebook accountable for its racist policies," said Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, which is one of the groups organizing the boycott.
Almost 100 firms have joined the boycott so far, Robinson said, adding: "Facebook has a decision to make: adopt a civil rights infrastructure or continue to see key advertisers dropping from its platform."
[...] Most recently, the tension between Facebook and the content its users share has come to a head due to messages posted by President Donald Trump and his re-election campaign in the past month, amid nationwide protests in support of Black communities and against police violence. Twitter in late May took action against a Trump tweet by appending a warning that it glorified violence against protesters, in contravention of the site's rules. Facebook, however, took no action against the same content, and the company took heat from both civil rights advocates and employees over that choice.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday June 28 2020, @12:01AM (2 children)
I've actually said similar things about affirmative action, that it's a band-aid for a tumor. But consider this: what do you offer in its stead? A bandage is better than nothing and if the alternative is nothing I will damn well take the bandage. That said, any doctor who tells a cancer patient a bandage is a cancer cure is a dangerous quack, and any doctor who tells a patient "take the bandage and fuck off forever" is guilty of malpractice. Cure the cancer.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 28 2020, @08:22AM (1 child)
Well, it worked so well in Australia they rolled it back. Should they put the bandage back in place?
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday June 28 2020, @06:28PM
I haven't followed Australia's version of this, though keep in mind the US and Australia aren't equivalent.
My thoughts on the matter roughly come down to this: skewing the college admissions process isn't going to make up for lead poisoning, food deserts, redlining, lack of medical care, poor primary and secondary schools, and police bias. At best it's bullshit middle-class white guilt that passive racists, MLK Jr's "white moderates," use to congratulate themselves and soothe their underdeveloped consciences. At worst, it's an insult. Fix the underlying systems...but don't take away what little has already been done before doing so.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...