Alphabet Inc CEO Sundar Pichai expressed his solidarity with the African-America community in the United States in wake of the widespread protests that have been going on in the country over the death of George Floyd.
Pichai in a tweet said that Google and YouTube stood in solidarity with the Black community in the country. “Today on US Google & YouTube homepages we share our support for racial equality in solidarity with the Black community and in memory of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery & others who don’t have a voice. For those feeling grief, anger, sadness & fear, you are not alone,” the Google CEO wrote in a tweet.
Today on US Google & YouTube homepages we share our support for racial equality in solidarity with the Black community and in memory of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery & others who don’t have a voice. For those feeling grief, anger, sadness & fear, you are not alone. pic.twitter.com/JbPCG3wfQW
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) May 31, 2020
Google showed its support for the African-American community by displaying a message to highlight the same on its homepage in the US. “We stand in support of racial equality, and all those who search for it,” Google wrote along with a black ribbon on its homepage.
As per a report by 9To5 Google, this message also appeared at the bottom of Chrome’s New Tab page on the desktop site.
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YouTube, on its part, darkened its profile picture on Twitter and announced that it was donating $1 million to address social injustice. “We stand in solidarity against racism and violence. When members of our community hurt, we all hurt. We’re pledging $1M in support of efforts to address social injustice,” YouTube wrote in a Tweet.
We stand in solidarity against racism and violence. When members of our community hurt, we all hurt. We’re pledging $1M in support of efforts to address social injustice.
— YouTube (@YouTube) May 30, 2020
