TerrenceM

the comments here are insane... sure if you set up your bogus strawman argument where you are hiring a completely unqualified individual for a job because of the colour of their skin it seems to make sense... BUT no one is suggesting that.. that's not the case... AND there is almost never just ONE best person for a job... there is almost always a pool of people qualified for a job and you pick from that pool... and that's how diversity programs work.. you find QUALIFIED individuals for positions and of the qualified people you pick people that are underrepresented... you're not just grabbing random people off the street... lol... you want to tell me that the only qualified upper management types suitable to work at Apple are white males?? ..how come Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Adobe, Xerox etc... etc all managed to find suitable CEOs of color that are not white males... And Apple can't even find any upper management types that are not white males (except one women)... not only that it's good for optics and business of an international company to have people of all backgrounds that reflect the buyers of your products, the countries you are selling into to get perspective and understand how socially, politically etc how those countries operate... and to negotiate with governments etc into those countries... this is not just a good will thing... this is a good for business thing... the shareholders are right to be holding hot coals under the feet of Apple execs...