Apple’s board of directors has recommended shareholders vote against a conservative think tank’s proposal to consider scrapping the tech giant’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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Im anti dei swinging the other way: many of these programs are designed to keep workers complicit. The real work often happens outside the confines of office management. Companies can say "We're not sexist! We have a women's group!" Have seen it happen too many times.
Dei… didn’t earn it… let’s hire and promote based on race, gender and sexual preference. Not skills, experience and talent.. that’s just silly and counterproductive
I wrote on another comment but do not be fooled: Apple commits many atrocities from monopolistic practices to grave climate change contributions. Their demographics, published on their website, show its still a mostly white, mostly male company. So their DEI has not been working.
So when Democrats try to tell industry what to do it's "woke" or "cancel-culture" but when conservatives try to force policy on a company it's righteous? Double meet Standard.
Please… They don’t care - they just see the backlash that other corporations are getting from this and they’re hedging their bets until we forget. It’s only a matter of time.🙄
The Venn diagram of people who are anti DEI and demand that it be about qualified people and argue that identity politics is wrong, and the people who have gained the most through identity politics and vote based on their identity is a circle.
Those who complain about DEI don’t understand it and/or feel threatened by it. The party line is “we don’t want unqualified people”; DEI is not about hiring unqualified people.
DEI never was unqualified people but Fascism wants to brain wash people saying it ! They are lying because it is not good to explain to the public that they discriminate gays Autists woman black people disabled people and immigrants and other races ! it is the Neo Nazism.
Being in tech, I can almost assure you it's not mostly white men doing the work, but less white individuals being paid pennies on the dollar to do the work from foreign land or under a H1B....
there are many independent alternatives. You don't need apple or google in 2025. There are better products that replace them. You could say "Meta is the lesser of two evils compared to X" but you're on Bluesky.
Costco also did this in a recent stockholder meeting. We need to have an information source that will keep us up to date on which companies have capitulated and which are dedicated to the actual principles intended with these DEI programs.
It's refreshing to see a major corporation sticking to its values in the face of pressure. Diversity and inclusion aren't just buzzwords; they’re essential for innovation. Here's hoping shareholders recognize the long-term benefits.
Oh don't be fooled, Apple has caused plenty of harm in other ways. Look at the fake news headlines their AI has created. Look at the demographics of their employees, their monopolistic tendencies, and significant contribution to climate change. They don't get a pat on the back.
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I’m glad they are standing up to the bullies and the backwards thinking of the conservatives.
Weird
Being in tech, I can almost assure you it's not mostly white men doing the work, but less white individuals being paid pennies on the dollar to do the work from foreign land or under a H1B....
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion secures American expceptionalism and competitiveness in a way that other countries can't match.
They just can't attract the pool we can.
Cutting DEI cuts your nose to spite your face.