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Companies Need to Stop Bankrolling Hate
and vowed to ban all Muslims from
entering the United States.
Trump has also incited actual
physical violence against people
of color, and refused to denounce
by l uCia m artinez
It’s common for major corpora- the white supremacist organiza-
tions that openly sup-
tions to sponsor political
port him.
conventions to buy favor
If that weren’t
with political parties. But
enough, Trump’s also
what about when the con-
threatened to shut
vention nominates a pres-
down the open inter-
idential candidate who’s
net, censoring the dis-
an out-and-out racist?
sident voices standing
That’s a deal breaker,
right?
For some big tech companies,
apparently not.
Facebook recently announced
that it will provide funding and
other support for the Donald
Trump-led Republican National
Convention. And Google will be
the event’s oficial livestream pro-
up against his hate and racism.
vider via YouTube.
These companies need to ind He’s called for greater surveil-
their moral compass and divest lance of communities of color, and
has encouraged violence against
from hate.
Trump’s violent rhetoric has protesters and journalists.
In short, Trump’s campaign
inlamed a national atmosphere
that’s already hostile toward Lati- isn’t “business as usual” — and
no, Muslim, and black communi- corporations shouldn’t treat it as
ties, as well as women and people such. That’s why the racial jus-
with disabilities. He’s called for the tice group ColorOfChange has
mass deportation of undocument- launched a campaign called Di-
ed immigrants, promised to build vest from Hate.
They’re urging major tech com-
a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border,
Trump led GOP
a deal breaker
panies not to bankroll a platform
for hate while Trump continues to
incite violence against marginal-
ized communities. Other groups,
including my own, have joined
the effort to push tech companies
to pull their support from the Re-
publican convention, including
both direct inancial donations and
in-kind contributions.
This isn’t about left or right, but
right and wrong. People of color
make up a large portion of the us-
ers of services like YouTube and
democracy.
It’s important to note that these
companies have taken stands on
other political issues.
Both Google and Facebook
recently spoke out against North
Carolina’s transphobic “bathroom
bill.” And earlier this year, Face-
book CEO Mark Zuckerberg cir-
culated an internal memo calling
out employees who crossed out
the words “Black Lives Matter”
on the signature wall at the com-
pany’s headquarters. He called the
Trump’s violent rhetoric has inlamed a national
atmosphere that’s already hostile toward Latino,
Muslim, and black communities, as well as women
and people with disabilities.
Facebook. These companies are
essentially proiting off the very
communities that Trump’s rally-
ing against.
Erin Egan, a Facebook vice
president for publicity, claims
that the company’s involvement
in the convention will “facilitate
an open dialogue among voters,
candidates, and elected oficials.”
But throwing a coronation ball for
Trump and his white supremacist
supporters has nothing to do with
behavior “malicious” and “unac-
ceptable.”
Now it’s time for Facebook
and Google to take another stand
against hate — and to join com-
panies like Coca-Cola, Hewl-
ett-Packard, and Microsoft that
have already scaled back or cut
their support to the Republican
convention.
Lucia Martínez is an organizer
with the Free Press Action Fund.
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