{"id":87582,"date":"2016-02-10T14:51:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T22:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=87582"},"modified":"2016-02-10T14:52:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T22:52:29","slug":"report-anti-white-agenda-revealed-at-githubs-diversity-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=87582","title":{"rendered":"Report: Anti-White Agenda Revealed at GitHub\u2019s Diversity Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Breitbart<\/a>: Online source code repository and team collaboration service GitHub has been under fire after an anti-white agenda was revealed within the company\u2019s \u201cSocial Impact Team.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Tech Insider\u2019s reveal on GitHub\u2019s current situation, CEO Chris Wanstrath is radically changing the company. The former flat structure that eliminated substantial hierarchy has been replaced with supervisors and middle managers, and the ability for employees to work remotely has been cut back in favour of mandatory office working environments. These changes have prompted many long-term employees to leave, with some reportedly being ousted if they cannot meet the new requirements.<\/p>\n

GitHub\u2019s Social Impact Team, which is \u201cin charge of figuring out how to use the product to tackle social issues\u201d has also faced heavy criticism. Headed by diversity consultant Nicole Sanchez, the team\u2019s previous achievements include working with the White House to fit \u201clow-income homes\u201d with free Wi-Fi around the country, but the team is now focused on diversifying the company\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very hard to even interview people who are \u2018white,\u2019\u201d claimed an anonymous GitHub employee speaking to Tech Insider. It\u2019s a claim that seems shocking but should come as no surprise considering Sanchez\u2019s previous outspoken statements on diversity.<\/p>\n

In February 2015, Sanchez wrote an article for USA Today entitled \u201cMore white women does not equal tech diversity,\u201d and during a diversity training talk Sanchez even stated that technology was \u201cnot work for white folks to lead\u201d and that \u201csome of the biggest barriers to progress are white women.\u201d<\/p>\n

Danilo Campos, the technical director at GitHub\u2019s Social Impact Team, is also no stranger to controversial comments about race.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t think we\u2019ll succeed teaching white, male middle managers empathy and compassion anytime soon. So let\u2019s limit their scope of damage,\u201d wrote Campos in one tweet.<\/p>\n

Diversifying the workplace is not uncommon in today\u2019s technology landscape, with leading giants such as Twitter, Dropbox, and Yahoo engaging in a variety of diversity programmes, but GitHub seems to have taken the mantle for most racially controversial. Many users on social media, including regular users of GitHub, have expressed outrage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Breitbart: Online source code repository and team collaboration service GitHub has been under fire after an anti-white agenda was revealed within the company\u2019s \u201cSocial Impact Team.\u201d According to Tech Insider\u2019s reveal on GitHub\u2019s current situation, CEO Chris Wanstrath is … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21791,29733],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","category-diversity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t