Read the e-mail SpaceX's Gwynne Shotwell sent to employees about Demo-2 and George Floyd protests
SpaceX launched NASA astronauts to the International Space Station from the US on May 30.
The company's milestone coincided with nationwide protests against racism and police brutality that erupted after video circulated showing white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin placing his knee on the neck of George Floyd, a black man, for nearly nine minutes. Floyd died and Chauvin has been charged with murder.
"I want to ensure that SpaceX is a place where these difficulties are recognized and certainly a place where bias and discrimination are not tolerated. I will be meeting with our African American employees this week so that we can have more in-depth conversations about their experiences at work and discuss what we can do to improve."
Protestors kneel in front of the police during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles on June 2, 2020.But by the end of June 1, Musk announced he was taking a break from Twitter.
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