Looks like Intel is bending over to take it up the pooper like so many other royal court eunuchs in today's PC society. Specifically by partnering with Feminist Frequency and Rainbow Push, among others. See below.
Feminist Frequency? Anita Sarkeesian, founding partner.
Rainbow Push? The Reverend Jesse Jackson.
National Center for Women & Information Technology? So long as you aren't a white girl, if their home page is any indicator.
CyberSmile? Organization against online bullying.
Its so disappointing: this is so close to to the outfall of GamerGate, there must be something behind the scenes motivating Intel to essentially declare themselves on the opposite side of the gamers who buy their products.
Here it is, on Intel's website.
http://newsroom.intel.com/community/inte...-computing
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To support this initiative, Intel has set a bold new hiring and retention goal to achieve full representation of women and under-represented minorities at Intel by 2020. Full representation means Intel’s U.S. workforce will be more representative of the talent available in America, including more balanced representation in senior leadership positions.
Intel also plans to invest $300 million to help build a pipeline of female and under-represented engineers and computer scientists; to actively support hiring and retaining more women and under-represented minorities; and to fund programs to support more positive representation within the technology and gaming industries.
"We're calling on our industry to again make the seemingly impossible possible by making a commitment to real change and clarity in our goals," said Krzanich. "Without a workforce that more closely mirrors the population, we are missing opportunities, including not understanding and designing for our own customers."
Intel plans to engage with several partners in the industry to support, enhance or create new programs for this initiative, including the International Game Developers Association*, the E-Sports League*, the National Center for Women in Technology*, the CyberSmile Foundation*, the Feminist Frequency*, and Rainbow PUSH*. The company also plans to deepen its engagement with primary education programs focused on underserved areas and expanding its collaborations with computer science and engineering programs at higher education institutions, including minority-serving institutions.
Feminist Frequency? Anita Sarkeesian, founding partner.
Rainbow Push? The Reverend Jesse Jackson.
National Center for Women & Information Technology? So long as you aren't a white girl, if their home page is any indicator.
CyberSmile? Organization against online bullying.
Its so disappointing: this is so close to to the outfall of GamerGate, there must be something behind the scenes motivating Intel to essentially declare themselves on the opposite side of the gamers who buy their products.
Here it is, on Intel's website.
http://newsroom.intel.com/community/inte...-computing