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This story is even wilder than you heard. Please take a good look at how Pinterest treated @IfeomaOzoma @erikashimizu. Based on interviews w/ex-employees and copies of investigation findings, email correspondence with the CEO, performance reviews, and more https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/03/pinterest-race-bias-black-employees/
Ifeoma was targeted for doxing by the far right for calling B*n Sh*piro a white supremacist in company Slack about moderation. Pinterest ignored warnings that company leaks -> doxing individuals. This is how Pinterest CEO + deputy general counsel responded https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/03/pinterest-race-bias-black-employees/
Let me break that down. Users, critics are calling on tech companies to moderate like they understand the modern internet. Black female public policy officials makes forward-thinking recommendation, gets targeted for harassment, company benefitting from her work investigates HER
Remember when Pinterest reinstated contractor pay over 2019 holidays? Aerica advocated for that, company got kudos, Pinterest then investigated her decision process & accidentally sent Aerica screenshots of a coworker's phone used to surveil WhatsApp + FB msgs w/Aerica + Ifeoma
This was never about some racist comments, altho other black female ex-Pinterest employees shared stories of that too https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/03/pinterest-race-bias-black-employees
This is a deep-rooted, systemic bias ACROSS tech that at Pinterest led to talented black women making smart, nuanced, bold policies that helped Internet users feeling so gaslit that they quit and endangered their future in tech, while losing out on $100ks https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/03/pinterest-race-bias-black-employees/
a good piece by @kschwabable on how bringing in women + under-represented minorities at lower levels + massive impact on pay, which is the subject of Labor Dept investigations + lawsuits at Google + Oracle https://www.fastcompany.com/90523292/discrimination-charges-at-pinterest-reveal-a-hidden-silicon-valley-hiring-problem
and @birnbaum_e touches on the important role NDAs play in why we don't hear these stories https://www.protocol.com/nda-racism-equality-diversity-tech
