America’s top tech companies are speaking out and in some cases opening their wallets to address systemic racism. Apple has also made donations to organizations such as the Equal Justice Initiative, and is matching employee contributions two for one.
Now CEO Tim Cook has spoken in an open letter.
“I have heard from so many that you feel afraid — afraid in your communities, afraid in your daily lives, and, most cruelly of all, afraid in your own skin,” Cook says. “We can have no society worth celebrating unless we can guarantee freedom from fear for every person who gives this country their love, labor, and life.”
In the letter, Cook makes four commitments: