Posted on 04/06/2012 9:47:13 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Facebook, the most popular social networking site in America, is under fire from women’s groups because its board of directors consists entirely of white men.
With the company about to go public in May, advocates are beginning to pressure the company to diversify its leadership.
On Thursday the women’s rights group Ultraviolet began circulating a petition calling on Facebook to appoint female board members. According to the group, the lack of women is “nothing short of shameful.”
“Facebook owes it success and makes a ton of money off of its women users. Women are responsible for nearly two-thirds of the sharing that happens on the site. In addition, women account for more than 70% daily fan activity on the site which is a huge source of revenue for the company” said Ultraviolet co-founder Nita Chaudhary.
“Facebook has a problem and they need to solve it before they go public. Mark Zuckerberg should live up to his company’s mission statement and appoint at least one woman to the board today.”
In a letter to its 300,000 members, Ultraviolet pointed out that the majority of Facebook users (58 percent) are women. …
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Liberals being hoisted on their own petards by their own retards
Facebook was created by the college boys who are its board of directors. If there was a woman in the founding group then she’d be on the board.
Putting a woman on the board would be an empty accomplishment as she would have done nothing to earn her place there.
Facebook was also created almost entirely by white men. How about this: women, you start your own website and then you can put whoever you want on the board.
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Sorry, but I’m NOT going to send pictures of my penis with a woman on the board. Naa Gaa DaaH!
The politics of the Facebook founders aside, just what the hell is wrong with being a white male?
“Find me a woman, a black person and a Mexican! NOW!
Joe, Steve, Dan.... You’re fired. Sorry, we have to go Public and this board has too many white men on it.... Pack your stuff.
Where are my new board members, Clarence?!!!!!! I need some diversity in here if we are going to go IPO!!!! Move it, People!!!”
- Why liberal run businesses fail
They're not "wise." That's why we needed a "wise Latina" on the Supreme Court, and why the "Wise Latinas" have their own club and Facebook page.
The MSM is working 2x time to shore up the idiot woman vote.
birth control pills for wild sex ugly women
augusta membership for ugly women
now jobs for unqualified women.
Let em try to explain why people live today are responsible for alleged acts of their great great grandfathers.
Then they can explain why stereotyping non white males is a bad thing.
Sorta like a certain occupier of the White House?
Democrap infighting. Ain’t it great.
IOW 58% of those who waste time while working (stealing company time) are women.
“Find me a woman, a black person and a Mexican! NOW!
A woman, a black person and a Mexican walked into a bar...
It’s very popular and successul, especially among women. Shareholders are happy. What benefit would be derived from wrecking a great board for the purpose of gender and racial beancounting?
None.
The politics of the Facebook founders aside...What are those politics?
You'd think two of them would see the first one walk into it and be able to avoid the damn thing. Was it dark out? Or are they all blind?
...is under fire from women's groups because its board of directors consists entirely of white men.And the IPO is when? Gosh, it's almost as if the company is being shaken down just prior to the big payday.
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