Hacker News with Generative AI: Diversity

Shopify lays off team supporting Black, Indigenous and women entrepreneurs (thelogic.co)
TORONTO — Shopify has laid off the team responsible for its social impact initiatives, including programs to support Black, Indigenous, and women entrepreneurs, sources have told The Logic.

Shopify, Business, Layoffs, Diversity, Entrepreneurship

32 points by nickcotter 12 hours ago | 6 comments

Mark Zuckerberg's charity guts DEI after assuring staff it would continue (theguardian.com)
The for-profit charity organization founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, has done an about-face on its commitment to corporate diversity.

Meta, Diversity, Charity, Business, Social Responsibility

10 points by adrian_mrd 23 hours ago | 2 comments

OpenAI scrubs diversity commitment web page from its site (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI has eliminated a page on its website that used to express its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

OpenAI, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Technology

106 points by gpi 7 days ago | 147 comments

Amazon Studios Quietly Steps Back from Diversity Goals Amid Trump DEI Crackdown (hollywoodreporter.com)
Amazon Studios is rolling back division-wide policies aimed at boosting diversity on its series and films.

Amazon, Diversity, Film Industry, Politics, DEI

6 points by adrian_mrd 7 days ago | 1 comments

Google defends scrapping AI pledges and DEI goals in all-staff meeting (theguardian.com)
Google’s executives gave details on Wednesday on how the tech giant will sunset its diversity initiatives and defended dropping its pledge against building artificial intelligence for weaponry and surveillance in an all-staff meeting.

Google, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Business, Diversity

19 points by vinni2 8 days ago | 8 comments

Google Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural events (theguardian.com)
Google’s online and mobile calendars are no longer including references to Black History Month, Women’s History Month and LGBTQ+ holidays, among other events.

Google, Calendar, Cultural Events, Diversity, Social Issues

8 points by edward 8 days ago | 1 comments

Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM; retains Black Friday (theverge.com)
Google says it switched to only showing default entries for public holidays and national observances last year.

Google, Calendar, Events, Diversity, Public Holidays

72 points by blipr 10 days ago | 62 comments

Google scraps diversity hiring goals and cites Trump's DEI orders (theguardian.com)
Alphabet’s Google is scrapping its goal to hire more employees from historically underrepresented groups and is reviewing some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

Google, Diversity, Employment, Legal Issues, Politics

6 points by doener 13 days ago | 1 comments

NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color (npr.org)
Late last week, a national museum literally papered over history.

History, Museums, Diversity, Controversy, Government

20 points by rbanffy 14 days ago | 17 comments

Google scraps diversity 'aspirations,' citing role as federal contractor (cnbc.com)

Google, Diversity, Law, Business, Federal Contractors

55 points by donsupreme 15 days ago | 2 comments

West Point Disbands Cadet Clubs Following Trump's Anti-DEI Order (time.com)
If you’re a member of the Society of Black Engineers at West Point, you can probably forget about attending the national group’s annual conference next month.

Military, Education, Diversity, Politics

10 points by fzeroracer 15 days ago | 2 comments

Federal employees told to remove pronouns from email signatures by end of day (abcnews.go.com)
Employees at multiple federal agencies were ordered to remove pronouns from their email signatures by Friday afternoon, according to internal memos obtained by ABC News that cited two executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on his first day in office seeking to curb diversity and equity programs in the federal government.

Politics, Government, Employment, Diversity, Email

63 points by impish9208 20 days ago | 122 comments

Internal NASA Memo on Diversity Erasure (nasawatch.com)
ODEA is Gone

NASA, Diversity, Internal Documents, Space Exploration, Politics

10 points by gpi 29 days ago | 5 comments

Apple opposes investor calls to end its DEI efforts (9to5mac.com)
Apple filed its annual proxy report for shareholders today ahead of its annual shareholders meeting next month. The report reveals new information on Tim Cook’s compensation for 2024 and calls on shareholders to vote against a proposal to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Apple, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Business

45 points by pyb 39 days ago | 32 comments

US judge rejects Boeing 737 MAX accord over diversity policies (france24.com)
A US judge rejected a criminal settlement with Boeing over the 737 MAX crashes on Thursday, slamming diversity policies at the aviation giant and the Justice Department that made him "skeptical" of a fair outcome.

Legal Disputes, Boeing, Aviation, Diversity

7 points by thefounder 77 days ago | 2 comments

The University of Michigan Doubled Down on DEI What Went Wrong? (nytimes.com)
A decade and a quarter of a billion dollars later, students and faculty are more frustrated than ever.

Higher Education, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Criticism

5 points by braza 127 days ago | 0 comments

The University of Michigan Doubled Down on DEI What Went Wrong? (nytimes.com)
A decade and a quarter of a billion dollars later, students and faculty are more frustrated than ever.

Education, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Higher Education

20 points by tysone 127 days ago | 11 comments

Web Tech Needs Diversity (rubenerd.com)
Hey, remember Crowdstrike? That update to Windows security software that affected airports, hospitals, supermarkets, schools… and clients who called me desperate to know why their VMs had vanished? It was fun! By which I mean it was an unmitigated disaster, and the ultimate example of a technical externality bourne by everyone.

Software, Security, Diversity

15 points by Brajeshwar 138 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: Sci-fi recommendations by non-western authors? (ycombinator.com)
While talking with a friend about books, I realised that 99% of the sci-fi I've read was written by western authors. Mostly white men at that.

Science Fiction, Literature, Diversity, Recommendations, Authors

58 points by elric 150 days ago | 56 comments

MIT's first freshman class since affirmative-action ban is less diverse (bbc.com)

Education, Diversity, Affirmative Action, MIT

25 points by donsupreme 181 days ago | 16 comments

With the end of affirmative action, MIT's incoming class better reflects merit (twitter.com)

Higher Education, Affirmative Action, Diversity

13 points by lopkeny12ko 183 days ago | 4 comments

Corporate HR is taking "Equity" out of DEI (axios.com)

Diversity, Equity, Corporate Culture

23 points by leotravis10 220 days ago | 5 comments

Schaffer–Vega Diversity System (wikipedia.org)