{"id":33745,"date":"2021-09-06T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=33745"},"modified":"2021-08-22T19:51:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T23:51:28","slug":"how-relevant-is-diversity-and-inclusion-to-att","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/06\/how-relevant-is-diversity-and-inclusion-to-att\/","title":{"rendered":"How relevant is diversity and inclusion to AT&#038;T?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our Internet provider here in the Florida Free State is AT&amp;T. I was trying to contact them about changing my name on the bill to &#8220;Greenspun&#8221; from &#8220;Greenstun&#8221; and somehow landed on about.att.com. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s at the top:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-21-1520x795.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33746\" width=\"499\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-21-1520x795.png 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-21-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-21-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-21-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-21-1536x803.png 1536w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-21.png 1976w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If they stand for <em>equality<\/em>, should we infer that they don&#8217;t stand for <em>equity<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a child of the 1960s, of course I am all in favor of equality, e.g., <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Equality_feminism\">Equality Feminism<\/a>. Nonetheless, this is not why I am an AT&amp;T customer. If I scroll down a little, I find out that the company gives equal weight to &#8220;Internet &amp; Fiber&#8221; and &#8220;Diversity &amp; Inclusion&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33747\" width=\"615\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-22.png 1461w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-22-1024x371.png 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-22-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-22-768x278.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m assuming that this is a profit-maximizing behavior, but I wonder why. 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