As a company, we take accountability for our platform seriously. As humans, we’ve been absorbing and processing and self-reflecting. Collectively, we’ve been working to find the words to channel our outrage. While we may not have the answer, we have our stance:
To the centuries of inequity, injustice, and oppression towards black people—
To the pandemic (and subsequent response) that has disproportionately impacted our black communities—
To the race-driven brutalities against
#GeorgeFloyd,
#AhmaudArbery,
#BreonnaTaylor,
#StephonClark,
#WalterScott,
#AmadouDiallo,
#TamirRice,
#RenishaMcBride,
#SeanBell,
#PhilandoCastile,
#FreddieGray,
#MichaelBrown,
#TerenceCrutcher,
#AiyanaJones,
#SandraBland,
#BothamJean,
#JohnCrawford,
#OscarGrant,
#JordanDavis,
#EricGarner,
#JonathanFerrell,
#AtatianaJefferson,
#TrayvonMartin,
#AltonSterling,
#CoreyJones,
#KeithScott,
#CliffordGlover,
#ClaudeReese and countless others—
We say, enough. Enough to overt racism, enough to structural racism, ...