Let’s make this clear: “blue-eyed, blonde men” cannot contribute to diversity, and it is offensive to state that they might “bring a different life experience and life perspective to the conversation.” That is the upshot of the reaction -- a letter of apology -- to what I termed a “stunning” statement last week by Apple’s VP of Diversity and Inclusion at a conference in Bogota, Colombia, “I’ve often told people a story – there can be 12 white, blue-eyed, blonde men in a room and they're going to be diverse too because they're going to bring a different life experience and life perspective to the conversation.” The reason for my selection of the term “stunning” had nothing to do with the reasonableness of the comment -- of course, it is obviously true. I can think of  all sorts of white males who differ a lot. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, to name two front-of-mind examples...(Read Full Post)