Mic published a report last week in which it criticized the gender divide at Apple’s last two iPhone events. The reporter noted that at iPhone 7 event, women spoke for roughly eight minutes at stage compared to men, who spoke for 99. Furthermore, most of the women and people of color who appeared onstage weren’t Apple representatives. An Apple spokesperson, who shared the information “off-the-record”, had a weird response. The email read, “We may have different interpretations of diversity.” The email continues, via Mic report, “he pointed to ‘two African-Americans’ who spoke at the keynote, neither of whom are actually employed by Apple. He also mentioned ‘a Canadian, and a British woman.'” The reporter has defended the use of “off-the-record” information, noting that Apple PR didn’t warn her beforehand — and as an important ethic in journalism — they didn’t reach an agreement before the Apple PR decided to share things.

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Source: Slashdot – Apple’s Response To Diversity Criticism: ‘We Had a Canadian’ Onstage at iPhone 7 Event