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[–] hun7r@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Diversity is nice and it's unfortunate we live in a world where companies have to even make announcements like this. The controversy in these comments alone show the sad state of this whole "issue-that-shouldnt-be-one-but-it-is-because-humans-suck."

Unfortunately most of the time it's just platitudes and patting each other on the back without actually addressing any problems.