Apple ’s Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion , Denise Young Smith , is leaving the company at the end of the year , Bloomberg report . to begin with this month , Cornell Tech announced Young Smith would be joining the faculty asan executive - in - residencein January .
I get a little second frustrated when diverseness or the term diversity is tagged to the the great unwashed of coloring or the women or the LGBT or whatever because that mean they ’re carrying that around … because that imply that we are carrying that around on our foreheads . And I ’ve often told the great unwashed a fib — there can be 12 white drab - eyed blond men in a room and they are going to be divers too because they ’re going to bring a different life-time experience and life perspective to the conversation . The issue is representation and mixture and convey all the voices into the way that can contribute to the event of any situation .
Of course , this is the eccentric of banal universalism that Silicon Valley thrive on . When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerbergdefended the inclusionof Peter Thiel , a self - describedlibertarianand Trump helper , on the company ’s ( whole lily-white , majority male person ) board last twelvemonth , he reason Thiel ’s supporting of Trump was in line with the company ’s commitment to diversity . Similarly , James Damore , whose Google memo had seismic impacts on the diverseness conversation , has repeatedly said he and other likeminded white-hot menare marginalise by Silicon Valleybecause of their beliefs , argue he was fired for railing against an “ ideological echo chamber . ”
Young Smithapologized shortly afterward , order , “ Apple ’s view and our dedication to diversity has not interchange . ” It ’s inauspicious her prolonged career at the company will be largely defined by an offhand comment ( especially since it ’s no different from what ’s probably tell in boardrooms across America ) . In clip , her legacy may let in her body of work laying the foundation for Apple ’s diversityscholarship funds . perchance succeeding recipients can make the sorts of long - hold out changes to the company that embody broader definition of “ diversity ” than what ’s scribble on those yearly reports .
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Correction : This Charles William Post has been updated to credit Quartz newsperson Aamna Mohsin for moderating the One World Summit panel .
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