Israeli-owned Wix requested its 500 Irish employees to create pro-Zionist social media posts because ‘unlike the Gazans, [Israelis] look and live like Europeans’. How is this not racism/ethnicism?

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1. Stupid bastards

2. >Unlike the Gazans, we look and live like Europeans or Americans

   Is there literally any way this doesn’t read as being wildly racist?

3. That is absolutely racism, and the eejit “rogue employee” who posted that message in their Slack group or whatever is no doubt going to be (deservedly) thrown under the bus for it, regardless of how many in the company’s leadership privately agree but aren’t dumb enough to put it in writing themselves.

4. Jesus, surely more than the one person is leaving the company over this

5. This is the kind of stupidity at the top of these corporations. Remember this the next time you get an email about how it’s some awareness week or month. They don’t give a fuck.

6. Is there a screenshot of the message?

7. Anyone know much IDA support has this crowd enjoyed down the years? They should be forced to pay it all back with interest.

8. Internal Wix chat encouraged staff to support Israel’s ‘narrative’ in Hamas conflict

   https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/10/24/internal-wix-chat-encouraged-staff-to-support-israels-narrative-in-hamas-conflict/

   I can’t stand screenshots of articles so here’s the source.

9. Sounds very similar to the [racist coverage of Ukraine](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/02/civilised-european-look-like-us-racist-coverage-ukraine).

10. I’d imagine we’re about to hear of 500 redundancies coming soon….