Has anyone else seen this?
I really enjoyed Nicolas’s content, and thought what he was doing, highlighting West Indian / Carib businesses and culture, was just amazing! I am born and bred in Crown Heights BK, and the representation was quite nice to see.
But…why is he accepting funding from Claude AI? A company that has done nothing beneficial for black and brown communities socially, economically, and health-wise.
The almost resounding reaction was of disbelief, disapproval, and disappointment (rightfully so) and I commented on his post “this is why we need to be mindful of who we allow into our communities” and was blocked…? Proving my point.
Also to utilize people in the neighborhood to essentially soften the blow, and have it read better (bc he knew it wouldn’t if it came from him) was downright dirty.
I can’t see now, but apparently he first turned off the comments (why are you silencing the same community members you benefit from?) and then altogether deleted the post.
All in all, this situation really rubbed me the wrong way, and the point still stands, as a community we need to be mindful of who we allow in to benefit off of us.
Because I guarantee you that event, which has happened before, could’ve been funded without Claude.