Remembering Mark Luckie

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Mark Luckie is the brilliant Black computer guru who worked at all kinds of social media companies in Silicone Valley, and then at Facebook he felt that he was being racially oppressed or something, and wrote a scathing internal memo that was "leaked" to sympathetic news media outlets. Remember???
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/27/facebook-has-black-people-problem-mark-luckie-former-employee.html

Mark Luckie, who is black, said Facebook’s population of black employees is not representative of its black user base. “There is often more diversity in Keynote presentations than the teams who present them,” Luckie wrote in the note, which he originally shared with Facebook employees on Nov. 8. “In some buildings, there are more ‘Black Lives Matter’ posters than there are actual black people. Facebook can’t claim that it is connecting communities if those communities aren’t represented proportionately in its staffing.” Luckie’s note provides an inside look at what it’s like to be black inside of Facebook, but it is not the first time Facebook’s lack of diversity has been exposed.

What I don't understand is why someone with all his talent, skills, and experience, hasn't done something amazing for Black people?

Digital Strategist
Tech & Diversity Consultant
November 2018 - Present

Facebook
Manager, Global Influencers
October 2017 - November 2018

Reddit
Head of Journalism and Media
February 2016 - October 2016

Twitter, Inc.
Manager of Journalism & News
June 2012 - May 2015

The Washington Post
National Innovations Editor
August 2010 - June 2012

Center for Investigative Reporting
Multimedia Producer
June 2009 - August 2010

Entertainment Weekly
Online Producer
August 2007 - December 2008

Los Angeles Times
Intern/Online Producer
May 2007 - August 2007

Daytona Beach News-Journal
Staff Writer
January 2004 - August 2005

AWARDS
• Audio Verse Awards nominee, Writing of a New Audio Play Production; Action Sound Design in a New Production (2019)
• LinkedIn "Next Wave" Top Professionals (2016)
• Juror, Pulitzer Prizes: Breaking News (2015)
• The Root 100 Influential African-Americans (2013, 2014)
• UNCF Outstanding Young Alumni Award (2014)
• Pulitzer Prize finalist team, Local News Reporting (2012)
• The Grio.com's 100 History Makers in the Making (2011)
• "35 Influencers in Social Media," Poynter Institute (2010)
• Winner: Design for America challenge, Sunlight Labs (2010)
• GLAAD Media Award nominee - Digital Journalism (2008)
• NLGJA Excellence in Student Journalism Award (2007)