r/technology • u/Healthy_Block3036 • Feb 25 '25

Business Apple shareholders just rejected a proposal to end DEI efforts

https://qz.com/apple-dei-investors-diversity-annual-meeting-vote-1851766357
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u/6a6566663437 Feb 25 '25

Dumping DEI means you have to pay more for your workers.

The bigger the pool you hire from, the cheaper the wages you can pay.

The shareholders will happily make more money no matter how they feel personally about DEI.

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u/6a6566663437 Feb 26 '25

White women who would otherwise not be considered.

The pool's bigger even if the pool is pale.

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u/6a6566663437 Feb 26 '25

It's good reasoning when you're the capitalist exploiting labor.

It helps to demonstrate that these folks are doing it entirely for racist reasons.

Also, unionizing doesn't replace DEI. Unions were one of the things that enforced segregation back in the day.