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by abadger9 1380 days ago
I used to know jeffiel personally and let me tell you he is the sweetest person. He was incredibly humble when twilio became a darling in the sf-sv scene and (imo) he steered twilio to IPO effectively and quickly. Being a PoC, i'm disappointed people have felt so offended by the "anti-racist" comment in the statement, the person I know would mean that from a sincere perspective.
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If a more qualified person is fired over someone else because of race, then he has not only failed the company but told other employees their talent and skills are a secondary consideration. Their pain is not lessened by the color of their skin.
There is no need to doubt good intentions. This is precisely the kind of issue where very bad things are done under good intentions.
I don't care whether he's sincere about preferentially firing white people on the basis of their race. His sincerity or lack thereof is not the issue.