Facebook CEO is not happy with the way Black Lives Matter campaign has unfolded.
The Chief Executive Officer at Facebook Inc. Mr. Mark Zuckerberg has recently scolded its employees after several incidents took place in series in which the company raised the slogan “all lives matter” instead if “Black lives matter” on the walls of the company’s headquarter situated in Menlo Park.
The slogan “Black lives matter” does not really mean that other individuals belonging to other races don’t matter. However, Mr. Zuckerberg has a humble plea that all black individuals also get the same status. He also came up with another internal post that was crafted by Gizmodo.
A recent question and answer session took place at the company’s headquarter, where Mr. Zuckerberg expressed his sadness over the matter. On the other hand, during his address, he made sure to clearly communicate the message. As per him, behaving like this is not acceptable for the company since the employees continued to modify the messages.
Alicia Garza, an activist for the rights of the colored race, came up with a term that “black lives matter’ through a Facebook post. In this she responded to the acquittal case that took place in 2013of George Zimmerman. Mr. Zimmerman was responsible for the killing of teenaged, African American individuals known as Trayvon Martin.
The slogan has become a symbolic emblem for the resurgent civil rights movement that initiated in response to the police killing of black unarmed men, throughout the United States.
“All lives matter” initiated as a response to “black lives matter” which became viral and is considered to be a rebuttal against the movement.
Back in 2014, Garza stated, “Not just all lives. Black lives. Please do not change the conversation by talking about how your life matters, too. It does, but we need less watered down unity and a more active solidarities with us, Black people, unwaveringly, in defense of our humanity.”
Considering the course of the tech fraternity, the workforce at the social media giant is made up of males and white individuals mostly. The company has 5,500 employees on board among which only 81 are black as per the recent diversity report.
Back in July 2015, global director of diversity at Facebook, Maxine Williams mentioned that the diversity program taking place at the company has been successful achieving a substantial, modest and positive change.
Along with all the initiatives that are in operation at Facebook, the company has set a condition that it is important for them whilst hiring managers to consider having at least one individual from underrepresented group, to take over ant position within the company so that “an inclusive culture that can truly support diversity”, gets flourished.
A town hall meeting is scheduled for 4th March, and Mr. Zuckerberg is motivating all employees at the company to participate. The idea is to acknowledge them about what the “Black Lives Matter” campaign seeks to achieve.
So far, Facebook has refused to comment over the incident.
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