The Pain of Being Silenced

A software engineers company-wide internal plea for solidarity

Photo by Cooper Baumgartner

Amidst civil unrest and justifiable outrage, unceasing protests, strong statements of solidarity as well as blatant opposition, and as a Software Engineer at my company and one of only 8 black employees in total I felt a deep sense of responsibility to speak out a few weeks ago. I made a plea internally, urging our leaders to publicly express solidarity…