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How about a campaign where the users get MNHQ staff to take diversity training?

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Ghostofasmile · 03/11/2016 13:09

MNHQ themselves have displayed ignorance (at best) over the last few months and prejudice / discrimination at worst when dealing with certain situations.
For example Justine, the sites owner herself over the last few days has made some very ignorant and damaging comments about diabetes.
We have seen the same with many times with Racism too as well as low level disablism.

Unless you are white, middle class and able bodied HQ isn't a nice place to be.

Post here if you would like this to take place. HQ need training and they need it fast.

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AmyGMumsnet · 04/11/2016 15:32

@DixieNormas

Really? It's just take them 13 hours to delete a post accusing a poster of sitting around on her arse all day claiming benefits, getting fat and using disability as an excuse.

Even though the poster has a child with a disability who needs 24 hour care. Yet they can delete a thread because the op didn't like the way it was going and pop in to the we love mnhq thread to send gin and flowers.

Hi Dixie

Thanks for raising this - we've had a look, and according to our system that post was reported to us once, around four hours ago.

We removed it as soon as poss with a message to say we thought it was disablist, and we've also contacted the poster to explain this decision to them and ask them to read up on the myths around disability mentioned in www.mumsnet.com/campaigns/this-is-my-child

We hope that helps - we do try to act as quickly as we can in these circs but of course we can always do better.

MNHQ

AmyGMumsnet · 04/11/2016 16:02

@DixieNormas

We were reporting it before 10 o'clock sat night

Hi Dixie

We've not had a report from you about this one - would you mind reporting my post please, so we can check everything's working as it should be?

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AmyGMumsnet · 04/11/2016 16:33

Hi Dixie

Thanks very much for reporting - this one came through fine, most odd.

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AmyGMumsnet · 06/11/2016 12:06

Hello

After discussion here, we're deleting the comments which refer to individual employee/s at MNHQ.

On balance we feel that the expression in question was used in good faith to critique a course of action, rather than to demean an individual. Nevertheless, it is very likely to be upsetting at an individual level, and we're deleting the post on that basis. We're also deleting related responses.

Thanks for your reports, folks.

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