Nextdoor is next: Why the social network of systemic racism is ripe for change

It took two weeks of explosive, transformative national upheaval on race and policing before the head of America's hyperlocal social network finally took a stand. "Let me say it unequivocally," Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar said in a statement sent to millions of members in 200,000 U.S. neighborhoods Thursday. "Racism has no place on Nextdoor."  To which critics shot back: Has she been on Nextdoor lately? Or, indeed, ever? Cases of racial profiling on the service  — the classic curtain-twitching posts about "sketchy" Black men — were showcased as early as 2015, by Splinter and Seattle Magazine; both reports focused on supposedly liberal neighborhoods. The New York Times found similar cases in 2016. After Nextdoor unveiled its big fix to Wired a year later (two attributes on top of race were now required when reporting suspicious incidents), local activists said profiling hadn't stopped — the company had just lost interest in responding to their concerns.  Read more...More about Black Lives Matter, Racism, Nextdoor, Social Good, and Politics