A Note On Today's Protests Against Injustice

I woke up to another day of televised and tweeted horror. Black people in our country are being targeted, oppressed, and killed.

This is not new. As Americans, we inherited a history shaped and stained by racism.

I spent most of today listening to my co-workers’ advice about what I can and should be doing. How to help the people I work with. How to help our community.

As an American, as a father, as a friend, as a neighbor, I know my responsibility to speak against injustice. What was not clear to me was if Glowforge should say something as a company.

My first reaction was – we make lasers. If our company spoke to the world about racial injustice, it would sound like grandstanding and attention-seeking. I didn’t know what we could add to the conversation.

But my brave and thoughtful co-workers challenged me. One of them told me: “When a company talks about something controversial, the nuance can be hard. But saying ‘racism is bad’ should be easy.”

They’re right. This should be easy.