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The Farce of Microsoft’s Anti-Racism and the Capture of Academia

Apr 17, 2023
In recent years, most large tech corporations have begun pushing anti-racism public relations and touting their donations to Black causes. There is no company more steeped or skilled in this practice than the elder of the group, Microsoft. By deploying fleets of flacks, messaging professionals and hired intellectuals, the company has managed to maintain a pristine image as a “moral leader” of Big Tech, while avoiding and deflecting attention from its deep and sordid history of collaboration with police, prisons, intelligence agencies and militaries.

Grave Dangers

Dec 19, 2022
Authorities helped erase a historic black cemetery in Virginia to clear way for the expansion of a Microsoft data center.
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