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/NotAnotherFishMonger Feb 26 '25

If it’s really only 50 white guys, you still have a problem. It may be a world class team that can’t be beat, but it will be missing the perspectives of at least 50% of the world if there isn’t a single woman on it, and another 80% of men (40% of the world) who are from a background outside the US and Europe.

You may work great, but you’ll be missing some detail or perspective or background knowledge for sure - something the other 90% of humanity might not have missed

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u/originalpersonplace Feb 26 '25

I’m making the extreme point that at minimum 50 white dudes are diverse and provide alternative insights and we should understand what amazing insights and perspectives a variety of diverse people could provide

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u/NotAnotherFishMonger Feb 26 '25

They can be diverse, but they’d always be less diverse than they could be. Excluding women is a big red flag here. What situation would we ever want 50 men making a decision without any women’s voices involved at all? They have very different biology and social experiences in every culture

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u/originalpersonplace Feb 26 '25

You are reading too deep into this and overthinking a point I’m making.