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It's sad to see such unwarranted self-loathing. You have nothing to apologize about for other people's non-contribution.

This feels really weird. I don't think it's a good idea for open source organizations to be political like this. I think getting more diversity of contributors to Node is a laudable goal but I don't see why those efforts can't be handled externally to the offical Node org.

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we fully recognize that white supremacy and police brutality is a global problem.

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It would be wrong for us to ignore the unearned privilege that exists in Node.js: much of the project leadership is white, and a majority are men. We are and have been systematically complicit in perpetuating the issues that led to where we are now.

i'll save you all some time: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/

I don’t need to hear about BlackLivesMatter from the Node.js team. I really don’t like this modern world of people and organizations bringing their “whole selves” to every interaction.

I'm confused by some comments here. Speaking out about one evil isn't warranted if there is another that could also be addressed? This flavor of whataboutism is not helping anyone is it? I am not sure who is harmed in them talking about inclusion and recognition of people who have suffered systemic disadvantage or loss. They are not rallying people up to riot. And even if you don't like the violence which happens at some protests (which I wouldn't like either) there is much more to the idea than the riots which everyone is so focused on. Discrediting the movement because of violence caused by few is a shallow perspective which doesn't address the problem that the movement wanted to solve in the first place.

edit: I see comments vanishing in case anyone is wondering who I was referring to