After the murder George Floyd in 2020 and protests Black Lives Matter Major tech companies have created diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) teams. For example, Microsoft then promised to double the number of black and African American leaders in the United States by 2025.
Since then, players have also noticed that Black people are increasingly appearing in games. Black Samurai Yasuke is currently causing the most buzz as one of the two main characters in Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Four years after the teams were founded, changes were made that were unpopular in the United States. Tech giants are cutting their DEI departmentsfire their members and limit their powers. After companies like Meta and Google, Microsoft decided to take this step. It disbanded its team for the sake of diversity, equality and inclusion on July 1 this year, citing that changing business needsBusiness Insider reports this.
The boss (or bosses) of this team are doing a particularly bad job of it. In an email sent to Microsoft employees, he accuses management of investigated and proven discrimination, harassment, and toxicity. According to this leader, DEI programs are under threat elsewhere. According to the email, companies don’t really want to change the system, and it’s no longer important to them to invest in equality. Jeff Jones responded to this. A Microsoft spokesperson said that their DEI commitments remain unchanged, and the focus on diversity and inclusion remains unwavering..
The different opinions are interesting. While in America the current approach of companies to abolish DEI is criticized, in Europe it is supported. Some experts note that diversity is bad for business.
Source :Indian TV
