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June 2, 2020 09:24 pm GMT

How tech leaders can do more for racial justice than just tweet

How tech leaders can do more for racial justice than just tweet

Solidarity is nice, but jobs and investment in black workers and businesses is better.

Many tech leaders and companies have tweeted out support for the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd's death and police brutality protests sweeping the nation. Acknowledging tragedy and injustice at all, and not actively enabling racism — we're looking at you, Mark Zuckerberg — is a positive for the often whitewashed tech industry. Floyd died after a police officer, who has since been charged with 3rd-degree murder, kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes.

Minneapolis is grieving for a reason. To paraphrase Dr. King, the negative peace which is the absence of tension is no substitute for the positive peace which is the presence of justice. Justice is how we heal.

— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) May 29, 2020 Read more...

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