Yes, someone else read what I wrote about Anas’s experience, but my point is that I don’t believe they listened because of who I am so much as because of how I harnessed social media and quickly riled people up over it. To suggest it was simply because of my skin color/nationality is to demean my abilities.

I’ve spoken to Anas personally about this, and as to the stern response, my understanding is that the employee who sent it was not qualified nor instructed to do so.

Now sure, we could believe that’s a lie, and that LinkedIn has some personal agenda, but more than likely they want the customers. They’re not an evil organization, and they’re not the evil US government.

Jillian

The reason LinkedIn responded was that they were facing a growing twitter and blog campaign that established contact with them alongside detailed email correspondence with corporate executives. Fact.

They Contacted the guy bedind Arab Crunch, a Saudi, non-white, non-Christian man!

Jillian did a great job spearheading and amplifying the campaign, but the response would still have been the same had the initiave been taken by someone else.

Quit sobbing, I’m talking to Anarchista as well.

The reason LinkedIn responded was that they were facing a growing twitter and blog campaign that established contact with them alongside detailed email correspondence with corporate executives. Fact.

They Contacted the guy bedind Arab Crunch, a Saudi, non-white, non-Christian man!

Jillian did a great job spearheading and amplifying the campaign, but the response would still have been the same had the initiative been taken by someone else.

Quit sobbing, I’m talking to Anarchista as well.