Diversity Comes in Many Forms

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2019-11-28 06:33:56 UTC
Modified: 2019-11-28 06:33:56 UTC

Which ones are the corporations deliberately ignoring and why?

IBM for diversity... of countries controlled by this man

Summary: Diversity is about much more than visible (to the eye) attributes

Diversity of nationality/race
Diversity of languages/tongues/cultures
Diversity of gender (or gender neutrality)
Diversity of opinions/political worldviews
Diversity of abilities (e.g. disabilities, accessibility aspects)
Diversity of age/maturity level
Diversity of technology (is your competition supported?)

Bad things can happen when the concept of "diversity" gets oversimplified and distorted for corporate gain/leverage:

Source: IBM (Red Hat) "Open letter to the Free Software Foundation Board of Directors"

IBM during World War II
Source: Wikipedia

RMS bio

4 days ago in IBM-run site: "North Carolina aims to bring more women into computer science"

The present

Just forget how IBM profited and still profits from war on diversity.

22 September 2019: "My father was IBM’s first black software engineer. The racism he fought persists in the high-tech world today"

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