{"id":62834,"date":"2019-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2019\/02\/04\/whose-internet-our-internet\/"},"modified":"2021-01-22T23:14:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T23:14:47","slug":"whose-internet-our-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/whose-internet-our-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Perspective: Whose Internet? Our Internet."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stop for a second and imagine people in a tech company. Who do you see? A whole group full of one color or one group made of many colors? Which company do you think succeeds more in the industry and makes more money?<\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, it\u2019s the company with different colors. Let me explain. According to CNBC\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/06\/20\/silicon-valleys-diversity-problem-is-its-achilles-heel.html\">\u201cSilicon Valley\u2019s Achilles Heel Threatens to Topple its Supremacy in Innovation,<\/a>\u201d 47 percent of millenials want to work at diverse companies. Therefore, a company with diversity is more likely to be considered as a job for millenials than a company without.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason why a company with diversity succeeds more is because workers feel more comfortable in inclusive environments. \u201cAt an individual level,\u201d the article says, \u201cmany workers remain passionate about creating inclusive workplaces\u201d as diversity progresses in Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n<p>I, as a Filipino American female student, can confirm that when I look at a tech company with all white males, I feel a bit intimidated. I can better relate to tech companies, and companies in general, if they have people who look more like me. I\u2019m sure that many other minorities feel the same way.<\/p>\n<p>Diversity is a valuable asset to a company. With it, a company is inclusive and succeeds more in the industry. Companies with diversity make more money and are more popular with minorities and millenials. Some companies without diversity might argue that workers feel more comfortable with workers that look like themselves, and they are right, in a way!<\/p>\n<p>The same goes with minorities, who would feel more comfortable and would work better with people that look like them. So in conclusion, companies with diversity succeed more in the industry and make more money because more people want to support and work with people who look like themselves.<\/p>\n<p>By Gisele C., De Marillac Academy<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>826 Valencia and IRL<\/h2>\n<p>During Season 4 of Mozilla\u2019s IRL podcast, we are proud to partner with 826 Valencia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting under-resourced students with their writing skills. Students from San Francisco\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/demarillac.org\/\">De Marillac Academy<\/a> are contributing their thoughts on each podcast episode to demonstrate how the web impacts them. You can learn more about 826 Valencia <a href=\"http:\/\/826valencia.org\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Listen to IRL<\/h2>\n<p>Our online life is real life. We walk, talk, work, LOL and even love on the Internet \u2013 but we don\u2019t always treat it like real life. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/smarturl.it\/irlpodcast?IQid=IC\">IRL podcast<\/a>, host Manoush Zomorodi explores this disconnect with stories from the wilds of the Web, and gets to the bottom of online issues that affect us all. Whether it\u2019s privacy breaches, closed platforms, hacking, fake news, or cyber bullying, we the people have the power to change the course of the Internet, keeping it ethical, safe, weird, and wonderful for everyone. IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla, the maker of Firefox and always fighting for you.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/smarturl.it\/irlpodcast?IQid=IC\">Listen to IRL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop for a second and imagine people in a tech company. Who do you see? A whole group full of one color or one group made of many colors? Which company do you think succeeds more in the industry and makes more money? Believe it or not, it\u2019s the company with different colors. 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