Tomas Chlebek Po i-premiere yangonyaka odlule Kulo nyaka, i-Apple iphinde yashicilela idatha ngokuhlukahluka kwabasebenzi bayo, okungukuthi, ulwazi mayelana nokusabalalisa kwabo ngo-2015, ngokobulili nombala wesikhumba. Lezi zindaba ezishubile ziza kungekudala ngemuva kweNgqungquthela yeDemocratic Alliance uBarbara Lee, ohambeni lwakhe lwakamuva eSilicon Valley imele ukushicilelwa kwemibiko ngokuhlukahluka kwezinkampani zobuchwepheshe.
Amashadi atholakalayo namagrafu ongawathola embikweni ogcwele kuwebhusayithi ye-Apple, bonisa ukuthi abesifazane babaluleke kakhulu kumdondoshiya waseCalifornia uma kuziwa ekuqasheni abantu abambalwa - amaphesenti angu-2014 azo zonke iziqashi ezintsha emhlabeni wonke kusukela ngo-June 35 kwakungabesifazane.
E-United States, amaqembu amathathu aphezulu aqashiwe (ngemuva kwabamhlophe) ama-Asia (19%), ama-Hispanics (13%), nabamnyama (11%). Ngokukhethekile, bangaphezu kuka-11 abasebenzi besifazane abasha abaqashwe ngonyaka odlule (ama-65% ngaphezu konyaka odlule), abantu abamnyama abangaphezu kuka-2 (amaphesenti angu-200 ngaphezulu) kanye nama-Hispanics angu-50 (amaphesenti angu-2 ngaphezulu). Ukwengeza, cishe ingxenye yezisebenzi eziqashwe e-United States ezinyangeni eziyisithupha zokuqala zika-700 zingamaqembu amancane abesifazane, abamnyama, amaHispanics, naboMdabu baseMelika.
Ngokwezibalo ezijwayelekile, abesifazane benza u-31% wabasebenzi be-Apple, okuyiphuzu elilodwa kuphela ngaphezu konyaka odlule. Amaphesenti angu-18 abantu base-Asia basebenzela i-Apple emhlabeni wonke (ukunyuka ngo-3% unyaka nonyaka) kanye namaphesenti angu-8 abamnyama (ukwanda kwe-1%).
Amagrafu aphinde agcwaliseke ngencwadi evela ku-Tim Cook, engaqukethe nje kuphela incazelo yamazwi eyenziwe ngesitayela yedatha, kodwa futhi nolwazi olwengeziwe. Babonisa ukuthi i-Apple ayigxili kuphela ekuqasheni abambalwa abambalwa, kodwa futhi iqinisekisa ukuthi kukhona ukukhetha okuningi ngangokunokwenzeka phakathi kwalabo bantu abafaneleke ngokwanele.
Ngesikhwama seThurgood Marshall College, inkampani isiza abafundi bamakolishi abamnyama nasemanyuvesi ukuthi basebenzise kangcono imboni yezobuchwepheshe, uhlelo. KUXHUNYIWE futhi, iletha ubuchwepheshe be-Apple ezikoleni nasemiphakathini yase-US ebingeke ikwazi ukukhokhela amadivaysi afanayo.
U-Tim Cook uthi kwa-Apple, “bayaziqhenya ngenqubekelaphambili abayenzile, futhi ukuzibophezela kwethu ekwandiseni ukuhlukahluka akunyakazi. Kodwa siyazi ukuthi usemkhulu umsebenzi okufanele wenziwe". Incwadi iphetha ngamagama abaluleke kakhulu kunezibalo abantu bangempela abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba abakhuluma izilimi eziningi ezahlukene abasebenza ndawonye. “Sibungaza ukungezwani kwabo kanye nezinzuzo eziningi thina namakhasimende ethu esizithola ngenxa yalokho,” kubika uTim Cook.
Ukuqhubeka kwe-idiocy kwesobunxele akumangazi. Bazongamukela njengomlungu, ngisho noma kufanele uhlangabezane nezidingo kangcono. Ngamanye amazwi bazomamukela umuntu omnyama ngoba akamhlophe. Lokho ukucwasa okuphambene nalokho. Uma bekwenza ngenye indlela, bazobhekana necala.
Futhi uma kungenjalo, khona-ke ngibonisa kuphela ukuthi bake babandlulula futhi bamukela abantu abamhlophe, ngisho nalapho kwakukhona abantu abalungile ngokulinganayo bezinye imibala yesikhumba ngaphandle. Kodwa angicabangi kanjalo, ngeke babe iziphukuphuku.