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"In July 2019, for example, Medium chose to publish a series that included a profile of Trump supporter Joy Villa with the headline “I have never been as prosec
by jollybean 5y ago
"In July 2019, for example, Medium chose to publish a series that included a profile of Trump supporter Joy Villa with the headline “I have never been as prosecuted for being Black or Latina as I have been for supporting Trump.”
When the Latinx community at Medium spoke to leadership about discomfort in the headline, they claimed that executives from editorial didn’t do anything about the headline until it was mentioned in a public Slack channel. One editor asked anyone who had gone through the immigration process or was a part of the Latinx community to get in a room and explain their side, a moment that felt diminishing to this employee. The headline only changed when employees posted in a public Slack channel about their qualms."
I'm not empathetic with the employees.
I despise Trump, it's unconditionally within bounds to publish something like this.
If you want to work for a political organization, or a 'far-X' organization please do that.
Medium already tilts very strongly in one direction and their political orientation is well known.
If people are being actually mistreated, there should be a discussion but this is getting out of hand.