A senior writer for Buzzfeed Canada announced Thursday that the website was looking to hire freelance writers, but went out of her way to say they were not looking for white males.
Scaachi Koul made the announcement on Twitter.
1. Would you like to write longform for @BuzzFeedCanada? WELL YOU CAN. We want pitches for your Canada-centric essays & reporting.
— Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016
2. @BuzzFeedCanada would particularly like to hear from you if you are not white and not male.
— Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016
8. Last thing:
IF YOU’RE A WHITE MAN UPSET THAT WE ARE LOOKING MOSTLY FOR NON-WHITE NON-MEN
I DON’T CARE ABOUT YOU
GO WRITE FOR MACLEAN’S
— Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016
White males, surprisingly, were less than happy with the announcement, which led Koul to go on the defensive.
.@danspeerin White men are still permitted to pitch, I will read it, I will consider it. I’m just less interested because, ugh, men.
— Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016
white men
get huffy
when you don’t actively encourage white men
to do stuff
because white men
think
they
are
owed
everything— Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016
giving
ignored
voices
preferential
treatment
is not
racism
against
white peopleit is
an attempt
to fix
all
of
h i s t o r y— Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016
HA HA ANYWAY BAN MEN LITERALLY THROW THEM ALL IN THE GARBAGE
— Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016
I am getting pitches from white men that start with, “sorry I am a white man” THAT DOESN’T ACTUALLY HELP YOUR CASE, THIS ISN’T ABOUT YOU
— Scaachi (@Scaachi) February 18, 2016
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