Mozilla Statement on Diversity
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Mozilla Statement on Diversity
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#3The fact that Brendan hasn't publicly changed his position or donated $1000+ to an LGBT organization (to offset his Prop 8 donation) means that this must be a deeply held belief of his. I trust Mozilla will keep him on a short leash, but it's still troubling.
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#4I am happy that Mozilla seems to be very diverse and that the staff are openly expressing their feelings that it is a non-issue, but publishing something like this seems pretty weird, like they are overcompensating. I also wonder about all the people who aren't in the public eye who wouldn't write big long blog posts, does everyone at Mozilla feel that it's just swell?
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#5I am happy that Mozilla seems to be very diverse and that the staff are openly expressing their feelings that it is a non-issue, but publishing something like this seems pretty weird, like they are overcompensating. I also wonder about all the people who aren't in the public eye who wouldn't write big long blog posts, does everyone at Mozilla feel that it's just swell?
mbrubeck mentioned that the staff asked for a public statement of some sort in yesterday's weekly project meeting, I assume this is in response to that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7460581
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#6I don't particularly think the politics of an executive defines the corporate culture of a company, so I'm not boycotting Mozilla just because the CEO has made some questionable political contributions.
However this post sends the wrong message for one reason - It is left unsigned by the CEO or anybody else in the organization. The omission of any sort of statement on his behalf speaks more than had Mozilla not addressed the concerns at all. At the very least, some high-level executive could have signed the post. The fact it isn't signed by anybody makes it seem like what could be a hollow promise.
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#7I am happy that Mozilla seems to be very diverse and that the staff are openly expressing their feelings that it is a non-issue, but publishing something like this seems pretty weird, like they are overcompensating. I also wonder about all the people who aren't in the public eye who wouldn't write big long blog posts, does everyone at Mozilla feel that it's just swell?
mbrubeck mentioned that the staff asked for a public statement of some sort in yesterday's weekly project meeting, I assume this is in response to that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7460581
Thanks for that, I'm not sure this particular post is a compelling public statement though, but I guess there's no way a singular statement could ameliorate everyone.
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#8I don't particularly think the politics of an executive defines the corporate culture of a company, so I'm not boycotting Mozilla just because the CEO has made some questionable political contributions. However this post sends the wrong message for one reason - It is left unsigned by the CEO or anybody else in the organization. The omission of any sort of statement on his behalf speaks more than had Mozilla not addre…
I agree. This statement seems very dispassionate, but as stated here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7471718 it sounds like it was done at the request of the org, which might explain why it is not signed by an individual.
That said, from my personal experience, I disagree about the politics of individual executives, but that seems much more like a subjective statement, so I wouldn't enter a knife fight based on that assertion :)
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#9The fact that Brendan hasn't publicly changed his position or donated $1000+ to an LGBT organization (to offset his Prop 8 donation) means that this must be a deeply held belief of his. I trust Mozilla will keep him on a short leash, but it's still troubling.
What's wrong with it being a deeply-held belief? Hell, for that matter, what exactly is this position everyone keeps ascribing to him?
Other than the donation, what do we know?
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#10The fact that Brendan hasn't publicly changed his position or donated $1000+ to an LGBT organization (to offset his Prop 8 donation) means that this must be a deeply held belief of his. I trust Mozilla will keep him on a short leash, but it's still troubling.
What's wrong with it being a deeply-held belief? Hell, for that matter, what exactly is this position everyone keeps ascribing to him? Other than the donation, what do we know?
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