By Matthew Vadum -- BombThrowers——Bio and Archives--November 19, 2017
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“In 2017, only 3 percent of Apple’s leaders were black, and women held just 23 percent of tech jobs, according to Fortune. Female leadership stood at 29 percent, Apple said. ‘Meaningful change takes time,’ the company said in its diversity report. ‘We’re proud of our accomplishments, but we have much more work to do.’”
“The 20-year Apple veteran, who previously served as the company’s head of worldwide human resources, later apologized for her remarks, telling the staff that they ‘were not representative of how I think about diversity or how Apple sees it.'” Smith, who will be out of a job at the end of the year, was made to denounce herself. She begged company staff for forgiveness in a company-wide email, saying her comments “were not representative of how I think about diversity or how Apple sees it.” “For that, I’m sorry,” she said. “More importantly, I want to assure you Apple’s view and our dedication to diversity has not changed.”Whatever that means. This is, of course, insanity. It also marks what will probably be the downward slide of Apple. Any company that puts employees’ genitalia and skin color ahead of making a quality product is doomed to fail. The revolution, they say, eats its own.
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