), according to company disclosures. But the higher percentages don’t extend to the senior management ranks of either retailer and remain well below the level of the U.S. population, the disclosures show.
The American Civil Liberties Union responded to Amazon’s tweet by asking if it would stop selling technology it says “supercharges police abuse.” In a 2018 study of Amazon’s Rekognition technology, the ACLU found people of color were falsely matched at a high rate. Matt Cagle, an attorney for the ACLU of Northern California, called Amazon’s support for racial justice “utterly hypocritical.”
Amazon has defended Rekognition and said all users must follow laws limiting its use. But late Wednesday, hours after this Reuters report was published, Amazon announced it would put a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition. At the Walt Disney Co , none of the 15 senior executives listed on the company’s website are black; Disney’s recently-named treasurer is Hispanic. A Disney spokesman cited company diversity efforts including two programs announced last year that aim to attract and develop talent from underrepresented backgrounds.
As long as ethnocentrism remains, there will never be equality.
a lot of TALK...but little WALK... AS USUAL! PR first !!!!
Blacks are the lucky & most privileged peoples in USA compared to their poor brothers in all of the 54 countries of Africa & all Caribbean Islands. All the blacks from around the world want to migrate to USA. These so- called protests are being hijacked by leftists & socialists.
A time comes when silence is betrayal. We Support Peaceful Protests… We must not remain silent. icnacsj Muslims4Justice SayNoToRacism BlackLivesMatter
When you're fighting the power but they're your sponsors.
Because you shouldn't be hiring people based on their skin color or sex. You should be basing your hiring off of who is the most qualified for the position. If you think that this will result in the hiring of disproportionately more white people, then maybe you are the racist.
It was a mess in first place. Now everything are tangled up. Will take a while to straighten up
police is shielded by the Unions. DESOLVE THE UNIONS. ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY PoliceBrutality
It’s ok to be on the right side of history
They are just HYPOCRITES
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