Twitter CEO stirs up storm for posing with anti-‘Brahmin’ poster

NEW DELHI: Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey sparked a social media outrage after a tweet with a picture of him holding a purportedly ‘anti-Brahmin’ poster went viral, with netizens slamming him for “hate-mongering”, a charge the company denied saying the poster did not reflect views of Twitter or its CEO.

The photograph — tweeted by a journalist — showed Dorsey standing with six women and holding a poster with a message “smash Brahminical patriarchy”.

The class-specific poster seemed to have offended many Indians with the former chief financial officer of Infosys, TV Mohandas Pai, accusing Dorsey of “hate-mongering” against Brahmins and of institutionalising hatred.

“As an Indian, I am disappointed at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s ‘Smash Brahminical Patriarchy’ placard –  will Minister @Ra_THORe (Rajyavardhan Rathore) pl take action for this hate mongering against an Indian community, spreading hatred? @PMOIndia @rsprasad,” Pai tweeted.

Twitter, in a statement, said it had hosted a closed-door discussion with a group of women journalists and change makers from India to better understand their experience about Twitter.

One of the participants shared her experience as a Dalit woman and at the conclusion of the session, gifted a poster to Jack, a Twitter spokesperson said.

“The sentiments expressed on the poster do not reflect the views of Twitter as a company or Jack as the CEO, and we regret that this picture has detracted from an otherwise insightful trip to India,” the spokesperson added. (AGENCIES)

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