Microsoft CEO Pledges to Back Racial-Justice Efforts Through Promotion, Investment Initiatives

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Microsoft's chief executive pledged to use data and technology to identify racial disparities in the criminal justice system and improve policing

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Satya Nadella laid out plans to double the number of Black managers and senior leaders in the U.S. over the next five years and said senior executives would be judged for promotion and rewards on their progress advancing diversity and inclusion as the software giant joined other businesses pledging to address racial injustice amid an outcry following George Floyd’s killing.

Microsoft, where black workers represented about 4.5% of U.S. workers in the most recent year, joins companies like Alphabet...

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what shit

Wonder if satyanadella and Microsoft will use that technology against their own recently announced racist preferences, leaving all other colors in the back!

Yuck. The data geeks are acting like they are trying to help us again, when really it’s about more $s for them

Do you except the cash money orders as A mean of payment? That is the only way that I can afford to make payments. You things are really expensive. And I do not want to spend the rest of my life trying to get out of debt.

Until when they will understand that the true purity is in the mixture. Damn! Thanks Microsoft.

Basically we already know. Minorities commit more crimes. Those without a father figure (no matter the race) commit more crimes.

Make more money?

Mahatma Gandhi Gene.

But first. Turn everything off and on again.

End gun control. It's racist. It's white supremacy.

Criminal justice data person here: 1) these disparities have already been well-documented & 2) it's very arrogant when those new to this challenge make it sound like such a large yet diffuse system (50 states, 1,000's of localities) will be largely reformed by big data.

Identification hasn't led to improvements.

When Indians take the site as CEO of a tech company, the company will always play political correctness card well. Facebook CEO really should think of it.

Ummmm. Like with free cloud storage or donating (‘pledging’) data for tax exemptions? Because free cloud storage sounds cool. Now Maybe it’s weed talking, but donating private data.....sounds not cool. We good, but thanks Msoft. You Stay Gold, ponyboy.

Breaking: Hamburglar pledges to find out who exactly is behind recent rash of missing hamburgers

Word salad platitudes so “brand” can sell more products

Microsoft +1 point in the Woke Competition

Here we go...big data/the matrix is coming/here....bye bye human....

Sounds like a great idea👎🏽

start with 6% commit 50% vcrime in America.

Maybe good in theory, I see this going badly.

Smart.

lol is this for real? these guys have been messing with our data for decades, and now they're trying to make a stand?

PLEASE BE TRUE 👏🙌

No thanks

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