I saw this review for the curling game and it really got me thinking. I mean plenty of other races curl, however I don't recall seeing african americans represented there. Am I racist? No. Is this review racist? Yes a little. In my opinion lizardbane needs to be "band" till he can spell. I would be lying if I said I didn't want to meet Tpiuy's bff Ronnie. And for mr Fuhdht, you are all that is wrong with this world. I do find it funny apple approved it. Is apple racist? Yes, VERY much so.
I'm not sure I understand how Apple is racist. That comment is ridiculously ignorant to a mind-numbing, backwater, bucktoothed, fifth-generation-inbred degree and yes, it is racist, but it's racist out of stupid ignorance rather than malice. Were I moderating that comment then yeah, I'd probably have nuked it because I can't brook abject stupidity. But I think this one dances on that thin line between racist hate speech and the first amendment, and I'm not sure how skittish Apple is about offending the sensibilities on either side. I'm sure if enough people complained Apple would axe the comment though.
really? If I have a company, and I allow people to post stereotypical comments on it, that are only approved with someone moderating it, and that person lets these things be posted, and that's not being racist? i'm afraid you know nothing of the business/hr world.
Assuming that you, as the owner or person otherwise responsible for overseeing whatever portion of your company approves such comments, then yes, the approval of such a racing comment would reflect poorly on you as a company. However comments on the App Store, much like apps, are approved by a team of people who likely sit around all day doing nothing but, and in all probability this person who approved this particular comment erred in doing so, and while that does reflect poorly on Apple (albeit in a much smaller way only due to the sheer size of the company and the obscure place the comment was posted) it's highly likely that whomever oversees such things isn't even aware of it. I'd put money down that if the comment was reported it would get pulled. My point was that this comment getting approved does not make Apple racist, which was the accusation you levelled (unfairly) against them. The person who approved the comment should get a smack upside the head as a tactile reminder that crap like this isn't acceptable, but to accuse Apple of being racist for the actions of one of its employees an unfair characterization. Say, what does that remind you of, treating an entire group of people as a gestalt and stereotyping them based on how one or a small group of them acts?
while valid points, unfortunately having a person within the company that isn't proactive with cases of racism or discrimination does reflect on the company as a whole. a company that I currently have ties to had a german company that the logo featured a swatsticka (sp?) like logo as a sponsor. people were accusing our company that allowed there company to be featured at "our" event of being nazi like because they put up posters. granted we didn't put up the posters but we allowed them to be there, we removed the company from sponsorship. now we have learned we need to be more proactive in knowing what is put up by approving everything before it gets put up. we didn't like being called nazis but we brought it upon ourselves.
Yes, and I did mention that the approval of such a comment does reflect poorly on Apple, but you accused Apple (the entity) of being racist because a ignorant and racist comment was approved by one of its employees, and that's intellectually dishonest. Guilty by association is a logical fallacy. One can be perceived as such, but that alone does not make it so, even if it makes little difference in the minds of that faction of the hoi-polloi that like turning minor transgressions into giant pulsating balls of hyberbole. Do you really think Apple honestly condones racism because that one comment got approved by an employee who happened to pick that moment to get his head wedged in his sphincter? You can't infer a generalization on a whole based on a lone, outlying attribute of one of its constituent parts, otherwise you fall victim to a variant of the same ignorance you are decrying.
