I don't see any white, Indian or Mexican's there. Isn't that racist?
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Apple's First Retail Location in Taiwan Officially Opens to the Public
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Population of white people in Taiwan is 0.06%, Indian 0.01%, black people 0.005%, Mexican less than 0.001%. Short term visitors not counted.
I lived in Taipei for a year. They have several 3rd party authorised apple retail stores. They look just like apple stores and even did applecare service. The only thing I couldn't find while living there was a keyboard with english only.
Did someone when selecting this photo to go public, miss the bloke front row and right, giving the two-fingered-salute, aka, the bird? Doh!
I'm living in Taipei and although I knew they were opening the store at some point, I had no idea it had opened this weekend. I think I'll check it out when the buzz dies down a bit, although I'm really hoping they sell the Apple TV game controller, as it's not available in their store online.
I've always taken the twos up to require an upward/shaking movement at the same time...
The lack of ethnic diversity is outrageous. I thought Apple was better than this.
Next time Cook goes up on stage and lectures western audiences about diversity, he should be shown that first image.
Apple clearly holds such diverse hiring practices overseas.
Apple clearly holds such diverse hiring practices overseas.
This comment is racist. It's an Asian country with a homogenous population.
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Next time Cook goes up on stage and lectures western audiences about diversity, he should be shown that first image.
Apple clearly holds such diverse hiring practices overseas.
I have to assume you are joking.
Why do whites always do the thumbs up pose?
See the problem with generalizing and stereotypes?
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Do you know anything about Taiwan? Have you been there?
Edit to ask: Do you know what is a homogenous population?
Not to Taiwan, but yes, as a white guy I have lived extensively in Asia. It's quite homogeneous, I agree.
Which is the point of my original post (that was made sort of tongue-in-cheek).
If Cook is going to lecture us about diversity and the benefits and moral superiority thereof- yet doesn't apply that standard in other cultures- that's fair game for criticism.
EDIT: Homogeneity is not an excuse for not being diverse. In fact, that's the reason diversity exists, according to those that espouse it.
Well, I live in Taiwan. White. One of the .66%, I guess. The thought of waiting in a big crowd outdoors in 33C (91F) and very high humidity for a store opening, ANY store opening, makes me shudder. But the thing about asian culture you have to remember is it's all about the group, not the individual. About doing things by procedure, not critical thought. The smart phone was MADE for this culture. Passive-aggressive and introverted, much more interested in interacting with screens than people. Of course this isn't a trend limited to the far east, but they take it to extremes. It's like a zombie apocalypse.
Which isn't to say I haven't met generous, lovely people here. But the whole thing with the 2 finger salute in every photo, grown women in their 40's into Hello Kitty and the general infantalism does get old.
Which isn't to say I haven't met generous, lovely people here. But the whole thing with the 2 finger salute in every photo, grown women in their 40's into Hello Kitty and the general infantalism does get old.
You can say the same thing to every other ethnicity out there that has a "fun loving" attitude. Let's face, just standing there for a picture is so lame and boring.
Hmm... doesn't look like a very diverse workforce to me. The owners of that location must be incredibly racist.
What is Asian culture?
I tell you, Asia is vast, i have travelled through most countries in Asia, lived there for over a decade and I can tell you it's diverse, there is no such thing as Asian culture.
Example, Thailand is completely different from it's southern neighbour Malaysia and Malaysia is completely different than Singapore (Although they would like to be like them).
But I do think there is some similarity in between cities/states/countries with a majority of "Chinese" people, for instance Singapore, HongKong, Taiwan and China.
I get so sick of the BS about surface level diversity. No one has any knowledge about the applicant pool from which these employees were selected (other than the fact that in Taiwan there are a lot of Chinese people).
When good managers hire, they look for who has the best ability and experience for the job.
However, they have to look at who applies.
If no women apply, am I a sexist because I didn't hire a women?
And if 50% of the applicants were women and 0% were qualified so I didn't hire them, am I also sexist?
The answer to both of those is no.
If I hire a women who is less qualified than a man that I don't hire am I sexist? YES.
When good managers hire, they look for who has the best ability and experience for the job.
However, they have to look at who applies.
If no women apply, am I a sexist because I didn't hire a women?
And if 50% of the applicants were women and 0% were qualified so I didn't hire them, am I also sexist?
The answer to both of those is no.
If I hire a women who is less qualified than a man that I don't hire am I sexist? YES.