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The Post Guild’s data is the latest example in the years-long unraveling of the news industry’s promises to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion after George Floyd’s killing and the ensuing “racial reckoning” of 2020.

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[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I asked the Guild for the numbers behind these percentages. According to the Guild, 144 (37%) members who identify as white, 23 (50%) who identify as Hispanic or Latino, 44 (45%) who identify as Black, 33 (43%) who identify as Asian, and 14 (5%) who identify as multiracial were laid off. Twenty-two (8%) union members who were laid off didn’t disclose their races. (The Washington Post has a separate Tech Workers Guild, not included in these numbers.)

These percentages threw me off at first, but I think they mean the percentages of the total staff of that race at the company, not the percentages of those laid off.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

Nice. Down with imperialist unions.