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Twitter criticised for hiring white man as new head of diversity

on Dec 30, 2015 | 0 comments

By Jessica Goodfellow

Today Twitter announced Jeffrey Siminoff, former director of worldwide inclusion & diversity at Apple, as their new head of diversity.

While his work with Apple is notable, the most prominent aspect of Twitter’s new hire is that Siminoff is a white man in a company run predominantly by white men; an issue the company has been previously criticised for, and promised to change.

According to publicly released numbers, only three per cent of Twitter’s employees are black or Latino. A person of colour has yet to be hired in an executive role.

The irony is that the hire comes four months after Twitter Read full story ›

Source: The Drum