Apple: Diversity is About Race and Sex and Nothing Else.

This black woman -OMG- DEFENDED -OMG- WHITE -OMG- MEN OMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!

Apple fires Diversity Chief for suggesting that intellectual and life diversity is important too.

Apple’s diversity chief is stepping down after only six months on the job — after causing an outcry by saying that being a minority or a woman are not the only criteria for diversity, according to reports.

Denise Young Smith, who was named vice president of diversity and inclusion in May, made controversial comments last month during a One Young World Summit in Bogotá, Colombia.

“There can be 12 white, blue-eyed, blond men in a room and they’re going to be diverse too because they’re going to bring a different life experience and life perspective to the conversation,” the inaugural diversity chief said.

“Diversity is the human experience,” she said, according to Quartz. “I get a little bit frustrated when diversity or the term diversity is tagged to the people of color, or the women, or the LGBT.”

Her comments appeared to defend Apple’s overwhelmingly white and male leadership at a time when the company’s makeup is markedly uneven.

The 20-year Apple veteran, who previously served as the company’s head of worldwide human resources, later apologized for her remarks, telling the staff that they “were not representative of how I think about diversity or how Apple sees it.”

“For that, I’m sorry,” she said in an email. “More importantly, I want to assure you Apple’s view and our dedication to diversity has not changed.”

Smith will leave the company at the end of the year, TechCrunch reported. Taking over as VP of inclusion and diversity will be Christie Smith, who spent 17 years as a principal at Deloitte.

“We deeply believe that diversity drives innovation,” an Apple spokesman told TechCrunch in a statement. “We’re thrilled to welcome an accomplished leader like Christie Smith to help us continue the progress we’ve made toward a more diverse workplace.”

Cultural Diversity

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Victor Davis Hanson on the Rules For Diversity

The Contradictions of Diversity

Whereas the Founders prized unity, 21st-century America has embraced diversity.

He deserves the clicks: so read it ALL, THERE.

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Spoiler Alert: Here's the bottom line:

So what is diversity? It is a catch-all leftist phrase, useful for providing a quid pro quo edge to a particular person largely on the basis of political considerations, as long as he or she is not hopelessly white or conservative — or suspected of being not opposed to either.

If you, like myself, are a white, male, constitutional conservative - then you're screwed. But there is one way out: self-identify as a black, trans-female, lesbian, feminista, pro-abortion activist (you don't have to actually be one, just self-identify that way), or a gender-fluid Syrian Muslim; a proper identity should open doors to wonderful opportunities in Leftoland.

UPDATE:
From a different article/author:

The great irony of the cult of multiculturalism is that it rejects the actual diversity of the real world in aspiring for a relentless, pitiless sameness.

In fact, affliction with "difference" scares them into their safe places, furnished with lavender scented puppies and tear-towels.

From "The Corner The one and only." (National Review)

Cornell Seeks Diversity Ph.D., Qualifications Irrelevant
Heather Mac Donald September 23, 2015

"Cornell University is looking for a tenure track assistant professor whose only qualification is diversity; actual field of study is irrelevant. The job listing says that the candidate can apply for “some area of the humanities or qualitative social sciences.” Might that area be French literature? Or field methods for anthropology? Who cares! Such nit-picking disciplinary distinctions harken back to a bygone era when universities thought of themselves as the guardians of knowledge. Today, when they are focused overwhelmingly on the expansion of identity politics, the most important academic qualification is the claim of victimhood. And in Cornell’s case, victimhood is now the only academic qualification required. The Cornell listing goes on to explain: “We are especially interested in considering applications from members of underrepresented groups, those who have faced economic hardship, are first-generation college graduates, or work on topics related to these issues.”

In other words, as long as you are black or Hispanic, or claim to be underprivileged, we want you, no matter what your field is. If you are not in that favored category, forget it. Note that quantitative social sciences and the hard sciences are not included. For the moment, they still have some remainder of intellectual standards that are independent of the usual diversity pressures — though few are the science departments that are not under relentless pressure from their administrations to hire on the basis of gender. (Hiring by race is a pure pipe dream, so few are the remotely qualified “diverse” candidates.)

It is hard to imagine a more revealing demonstration of how thoroughly the academic endeavor has been hijacked by narcissistic irrelevancies. Parents thinking of sending a child to Cornell should be on notice: He may be taught by someone chosen purely on the basis of skin color, with no attention given to that professor’s contribution to Cornell’s intellectual depth and breadth."