In separate moves, the
tech industry has come out to voice its support of diversity and the
passing of anti-discrimination laws in all the states.
Itself plagued with
problems in diversity, Silicon Valley is determined to improve its
image by addressing the lack of workplace diversity in the tech
industry. In the recent Silicon Valley Diversity Brunch event in
Palo Alto, CA, over 200 of the most powerful black leaders in
Silicon Valley gathered en masse for the first ever Silicon Valley
Diversity Brunch. They had come to discuss how to bring about change
in an industry that has managed to keep minorities at an arm’s
length for decades. Leaders from nearly every company of consequence,
including Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Intel were in
attendance. Read more:
In response to the passing
of the RFRA in Indiana, which moved tech leaders to gather in support
of gay rights, more than three dozen chief executives and other
senior Silicon Valley leaders issued a joint statement on Wednesday,
asking state legislatures to add sexual orientation and gender
identity as protected classes to their civil rights laws, NY Times
reports.[...] “Religious freedom, inclusion and diversity can
coexist and everyone, including L.G.B.T. people and people of faith,
should be protected under their states’ civil rights laws,” their
statement reads. “No person should have to fear losing their job,
or be denied service or housing because of who they are or whom they
love.” Read more:
A
similar bill in Arkansas seen
as discriminatory to LGBTs was also
the subject of protest: a
national activist group took out a full-page newspaper ad -- in the
heart of Silicon Valley, writes Michelle Quinn of
Monterey Herald. She continues, The decision by the Human Rights
Campaign to place the ad, with an enormous image of a sign saying
Arkansas was closed for business "due to discrimination,"
is one of the latest signs of Silicon Valley's growing symbolic power
for causes of all stripes. Read more:
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