Patrons Only: Apple Racistly Fires A Latinx Employee Without Any Due Process
Antonio García Martínez got hired and then quickly fired by Apple because of problematic passages from his book Chaos Monkeys that were re-circulated, sparking Slack-outrage among Apple employees. Was this fair? Where should the line be?
Show notes/Links:
AGM Bio: https://antoniogarciamartinez.com/about-antonio-garcia-martinez/
Apple employees mad: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/12/22432909/apple-petition-hiring-antonio-garcia-martinez-chaos-monkeys-facebook
Chaos Monkeys: https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Monkeys-Obscene-Fortune-Failure-ebook/dp/B019MMUAAQ
AGM's response: https://twitter.com/antoniogm/status/1393335063480131585
Moskowitz is super worried about cancel culture now: https://twitter.com/_pem_pem/status/1390044683699736581
Yglesias/VanDerWerff: https://reason.com/2020/07/08/the-reaction-to-the-harpers-letter-on-cancel-culture-proves-why-it-was-necessary/
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