Mark Zuckerberg slams employees for defacing ‘Black Lives Matter’ slogan

The Facebook CEO chastised his staff after discovering that some employees repeatedly crossed out “Black Lives Matter”, replacing it with “All Lives Matter”  on the walls at Facebook headquarters. This was even after he gave a verbal warning last week at a Q & A session.

A memo penned by Zuckerberg was forwarded to staff and was also posted on the company’s announcement page, where he condemned the acts as “unacceptable” and “malicious”.

Writing on the company walls is permitted at the Menlo Park headquarters, however, there are no rules as to what can and cannot be written. Staff at Facebook is predominantly comprised of white males (55 percent white and 68 percent male) with African Americans making up only 2 percent of the company.

“Despite my clear communication at Q&A last week that this was unacceptable, and messages from several other leaders from across this company, this has happened again,” Zuckerberg wrote in the company memo. “I was already very disappointed by this disrespectful behavior before, but after my communication I now consider this malicious as well. There are specific issues affecting the black community in the United States, coming from a history of oppression and racism. ‘Black lives matter’ doesn’t mean other lives don’t — it’s simply asking that the black community also achieves the justice they deserve.”

He indicated that a company-wide investigation had been launched into who was crossing out the signage.

“This has been a deeply hurtful and tiresome experience for the black community and really for the entire Facebook community, and we are now investigating the current incidents.”