https://mooseyanon.medium.com/github-f-ck-your-name-change-de599033bbbe https://mooseyanon.medium.com/github-f-ck-your-name-change-d... had a greate take on thi

https://mooseyanon.medium.com/github-f-ck-your-name-change-de599033bbbe https://mooseyanon.medium.com/github-f-ck-your-name-change-d... had a greate take on this. > We’re going to change the branch name because it could be seen as offensive but we’re still going to sell police facial recognition software that is biased against black people and women. Facial recognition software that misidentifies black people as gorillas. Facial recognition software that was used to identify unmasked BLM protesters. We’re going to change the branch name to be more inclusive of minorities but we’re going to carry on selling software to ICE. Get the fuck outta here. "Virtue signaling" is a politically loaded term, but it's the best description of what's happening. Instead of companies doing the hard but virtuous thing like investing in HBCUs or just hiring more black engineers, they're taking actions that signal that they're virtuous without any long term utility.