The Lunduke Journal has obtained an internal email from Red Hat (subsidiary of IBM) CEO Matt Hicks, which announces a number of massive DEI related changes at the Open Source giant:
- Red Hat will remove the racist, illegal “diversity requirements” for 3rd party suppliers.
- The DEI communities will be “transformed” into “Employee Resource Groups”.
- DEI related information and language will be updated or removed from Red Hat’s public websites.
This internal email from Red Hat’s CEO, supplied by multiple whistleblowers, also states that the company will “comply with the applicable laws” while still continuing “to recruit in places and at events that introduce Red Hat to a broad audience.”
The leaked email to Red Hat employees concludes by saying that the company will “continue to monitor the situation” (referring to legal action against the company for their illegal DEI activities, as well as the changing legal landscape)… in addition to noting that “individual passions and beliefs around the world will never perfectly align, and it’s not our goal as a company to align them.”
The Lunduke Journal will be keeping close tabs on exactly what changes go to into effect at Red Hat — and what, if any, similar changes may happen at their parent company (IBM).
Thank you to the brave whistleblowers who continue to provide this material to The Lunduke Journal.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
More up-to-date details on the IBM and Red Hat DEI lawsuits here: