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                 Apple Devotes Apple Music to #BlackLivesMatter

   Adam Engst

   As [1]protests surrounding the killing of George Floyd continue around
   the world, Apple has taken the unprecedented step of devoting Apple
   Music to support Black voices and Black communities. All of Apple
   Music's screens'For You, Browse, and Radio in the Music app'display
   only Apple's words and a single Listen Together button that plays the
   Beats 1 radio station. It's a powerful and appropriate statement, and
   one that I hope we can all get behind.

   You can still play music from Apple Music that you've added to your
   library, and you can still search for and play artists, albums, and
   songs in Apple Music. Personally, I'm going to spend the rest of the
   afternoon listening to Aretha Franklin.

   Apple has also collected a number of movies and documentaries in a
   Confronting Systemic Racism section in Apple TV'scroll down in Watch
   Now.

   As much as these expressions of support are absolutely welcome, Apple,
   like many tech companies, has had trouble implementing its commitment
   to diversity in its US workforce, particularly in leadership roles. The
   company releases a regular report on its [2]Inclusion & Diversity page
   detailing its progress in hiring what it calls 'underrepresented
   minorities''look at the interactive chart at the bottom of the page for
   the numbers. Apple will undoubtedly be updating the page with figures
   from 2019 soon, and we'll cover it more thoroughly then.

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