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I am very dishonored: Another employee of Facebook resigned to protest against Trump's management
In the last week, the company decided not to take action at President Trump's fireplace last week, showing hundreds of Facebook employees an unprecedented level of dissent. The post, which also appeared on Twitter, cited continued demonstrations by the United States against racism and police violence, "if the looting starts, the shooting starts."
Although Twitter flagged Trump's post for 'glorifying abuse,' Facebook chose not to do anything; it said Trump addressed the use of state power and did not violate its policies.
The decision divided Facebook and protested hundreds of workers, early employees sent an open letter requesting the company to reverse the decision, and two Facebook employees resigned earlier this week to protest the issue.
Now, Recode knows another worker has resigned to protest. A resignation note was posted in a community on Thursday on the Facebook "Workspace" site. The note — a copy of which was obtained by Recode — addresses CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook and argues that with his hands-off approach to Trump's offensive tweets, Facebook affects Black people both inside and outside the company.
"I am deeply ashamed of working for an agency that leaves a discriminatory place free of charge, for the sake of a politician," wrote the employee. Their name was written by Recode.
"Black staff in your own company asked you to respond, but alternately you are defensive and avoidable ... You have deceived all of us — the few colorful people in your company — and you are chillingly refusing to speak out against violence against the Black people.
While Zuckerberg said in a Tuesday meeting that Trump's post is far from "reading as a dog whistle to vigilantes, who are not in charge of their own hands." In that assessment, the note of the employee disagrees sharply with Zuckerberg. It says that he is not happy to be a dog whistle.
"The language of the segregationist uses [Trump's Post] we know. There was a mistake. Just because you think it's not a signal for further violence (and tell us how you've researched it – have you collected data about how words are being interpreted?), can you honestly look Black people in the eye and say it's not going to be taken for granted? ”
The employee said that several of her colleagues have contacted them since they sent the letter to the internal group on Thursday and that they plan to withdraw in protest.
