{"id":6122,"date":"2020-06-04T15:55:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T21:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twprod.wpengine.com\/our-commitment-to-anti-racism-resources\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T18:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T00:36:15","slug":"our-commitment-to-anti-racism-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tailwindapp.com\/blog\/our-commitment-to-anti-racism-resources","title":{"rendered":"Our Commitment to Anti-Racism (+ Resources!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tailwind is in deep mourning of George Floyd, David McAtee, Ahmaud Arbrey, Breonna Taylor, and the long list of other lives taken unjustly and violently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our hearts are truly aching for the black community and the injustices they continuously face. As a company, we want to ensure we can be a support for peace, justice, and equity<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an Oklahoma-based company dedicated to supporting small businesses, we have a dark chapter in our state\u2019s history that hits especially close to home at this time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tulsa Massacre<\/a> that happened 99 years ago saw the thriving black community of Greenwood, including over 300 black-owned businesses, violently demolished. To this day, the city of Tulsa is still digging in search of mass graves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We want to honor their legacy by continuing to help small businesses of all backgrounds succeed today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But frankly, our team is mostly white. Our hearts may be aching, but we know we cannot come close to truly understanding the deep-rooted pain our black coworkers and members feel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are working to more deeply understand our white privilege without putting the burden of education on our coworkers of color. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simultaneously, we are working to ensure we do not speak over those voices and actively listen to suggestions on where we can improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of our team have cultivated a list of resources below that we have found helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Commitments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Inclusion is one of our core values, but we recognize that we can do better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is where we\u2019re starting and will gladly welcome further suggestions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are committing to amplifying black voices<\/strong>. You can follow along with us this week on Instagram as we begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are committing to providing space and mentorship for children of color in the tech industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are committing to hiring more people of color and ensuring we have a supportive environment for them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are committing to educating ourselves on anti-racist practices <\/strong>and have created an #anti-racism Slack channel to collect resources, hold workshops, and have honest discussions. We\u2019re also seeking out experts we can engage to help us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are committed to building a product that helps our members take a stand.<\/strong> As a response to being muted for the week in order to amplify black voices and resources, we added a pause button to our Instagram dashboard for participating members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are committed to doing this while maintaining a team culture that enables us to process these issues honestly and openly, respecting and appreciating our individual differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resources <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Below is a list of resources submitted by our Tailwind team members. The list covers actions, education resources, media, businesses and social media accounts to follow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Actions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n