"Layoffs like this can have a more pronounced impact on marginalized communities," Lawson wrote in a memo to employees. "So we were particularly focused on ensuring our layoffs – while a business necessity today – were carried out through an Anti-Racist/Anti-Oppression lens." Forgive us for our obvious bias, but doesn't that statement infer that if they hadn't considered race then the layoffs would have been 'racist'? Of course, the liberal media rose up as one to defend Lawson's comments. Fortune reports, that two sources at Twilio told them the anti-racist effort was not controversial inside the company. "No one at Twilio has made any mention of it," one of the sources said. "Being an anti racist company is part of our core values." The employees dismissed claims of "race-based" job cuts. "I’m sure right wingers think this means firing only white people," one of the employees said, noting that it appeared anecdotally that the laid off employees were "an equal mix" of women, men, and underrepresented minorities. Well how do they explain his comments then... since Lawson did not provide any details about how the company would ensure that the layoffs did not cut deeper into certain groups of its 7,800 worldwide employees Are we really at that point?