EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen current and former Amazon corporate employees told @delrey that they saw a pattern of systemic racial bias at the company, which affected Black employees’ career growth and personal lives. vox.com/recode/2021/2/…
Chanin Kelly-Rae, a former diversity leader at Amazon, quit her job there after 10 months.
“Amazon was not doing things in a way that represents best practices that would advance diversity and inclusion in any way that is meaningful and thoughtful,” Kelly-Rae told @Recode.
“Amazon was not doing things in a way that represents best practices that would advance diversity and inclusion in any way that is meaningful and thoughtful,” Kelly-Rae told @Recode.
Several Black Amazon women employees say they and their peers faced microaggressions from coworkers and managers.
One white male manager told a Black female colleague, “My ancestors owned slaves, but I’m pretty sure they were good to their slaves.”
One white male manager told a Black female colleague, “My ancestors owned slaves, but I’m pretty sure they were good to their slaves.”
Internal reports show Black employees in Amazon Web Services receive "least effective" marks in performance reviews more frequently than white coworkers.
Several employees told @recode Amazon’s leadership principles are sometimes “weaponized” to push out Black employees.
Several employees told @recode Amazon’s leadership principles are sometimes “weaponized” to push out Black employees.
@Recode Read @delrey's full report on allegations of racial bias at Amazon here: vox.com/recode/2021/2/…
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