If this was an ordinary layoff announcement that made no mention of race, then we would have no idea whether it did or didn't have a tangible impact. The fact

If this was an ordinary layoff announcement that made no mention of race, then we would have no idea whether it did or didn't have a tangible impact. The fact that the CEO decided to deliberately mention race and acknowledged that layoffs were performed through a racial lens? That's a pretty good indicator to me that a racial lens was used.