Nuked Facebook has come under heavy criticism over the past year. A recent audit found that despite recent steps to expand its policies, Facebook continues to undermine its own progress.
The Chan Zuckerberg initiative (CZI) is a philanthropic organization founded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan. But black employees say that particularly when it comes to issues of racial justice, company leadership makes too many compromises.
Some black employees say that their voices have been marginalized and their expertise discounted. They also say the CZI’s grant-making has left black leaders and black communities unsupported.
A group of black CZI employees wrote a letter to Chan in June, following comments by Zuckerberg about the organization’s work toward funding social justice causes.’the Chan Zuckerberg initiative has been one of the largest funders, investing nearly $ 40 million annually for several years,’ Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page’Priscilla and I are committed to this work, and we expect to be in this fight for many years to come’.
The black CZI employees wrote that they often encountered’resistance and exasperation’. But the employees said they often encounter’resistance’ and’exasperation’.
Chan and Mark Chan have asked us to trust their commitment to making CZI a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable organization.’you’ve asked for grace as you each engage in your personal racial equity journeys,’ the group wrote.
Czi’s chief operating officer said the philanthropy had’work to do internally’. Stressed that Facebook does n’t dictate CZI’s decisions.
In June, more than 140 scientists received a letter to Zuckerberg saying allowing president Trump to use Facebook’to spread both misinformation and incendiary statements’. Czi’s goal is to build a’more inclusive, just and healthy future for everyone’.
The Post story on CZI and its black employees details how Chan worked toward addressing some of the black employees’ concerns but with mixed results.
