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Persona Shutdown

4 pointsby afshinmehalmost 9 years ago

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tajenalmost 9 years ago
I am very disappointed that Mozilla&#x27;s only login option is GitHub.<p>Why? Because I have deleted my GitHub account after testimonials that GitHub participates in a hunt against white males. See these two quotes:<p>&gt; <i>&quot;They are trying to control culture, interviewing and firing. Scary times at the company without a seasoned leader. While their efforts are admirable it is very hard to even interview people who are &#x27;white&#x27; which makes things challenging&quot;</i> - An employee<p>&gt; <i>&quot;Some of the biggest barrier to progress are white women&quot; </i> - GitHub&#x27;s Head of Diversity - see <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uk.businessinsider.com&#x2F;diversity-guru-discusses-white-women-2016-2?r=US&amp;IR=T" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uk.businessinsider.com&#x2F;diversity-guru-discusses-white...</a><p>The whole discussion is there: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11049067" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11049067</a><p>Let&#x27;s remember what fairness is:<p>- To hire, promote and make rich the people who work the best, not because they are black, born in India or because they&#x27;re females.<p>- Not giving women the right of ending a male&#x27;s career. Upon accusation of sexism&#x2F;discrimination, check they&#x27;re guilty before firing them (unless they want to purge based on assumption of discrimination). I&#x27;m absolutely not satisfied with the resignation&#x2F;layoff of recent CEOs based on simple accusations. In this list:<p>- Brendan Eich (Mozilla) was fired without proof,<p>- Tom Presten-Werner (GitHub) was resigned without proof,<p>- Adria Richards was fired upon the single testimonial of a woman.<p>GitHub chooses to use racist promotions, it&#x27;s ok, it&#x27;s a private company, they make money the way they want.<p>But Mozilla is another story. It&#x27;s a charity and an asset to the freedom of the world. Forcing everyone into approving of GitHub&#x27;s policy is dishonest. That won&#x27;t surprise me after they kicked Brendan Eich out without proof of guilt.