Lisa Jackson on Apple’s response to the Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision

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🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this conversation recorded for Washington Post Live on July 12, Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, discusses the company’s ongoing efforts around equity and justice as well as its response to the Supreme Court’s curtailing of affirmative action in higher education.

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan K. Parton, welcome to K-Part.
0:03.8	In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, corporate America moved boldly into the racial
0:08.2	equity and social justice space.
0:10.6	But now there's pushback, and some companies are backing off their initial fervor.
0:15.2	But not Apple.
0:16.6	Lisa Jackson is the tech giant's Vice President of Environment Policy and Social Initiatives.
0:22.3	In this conversation, first recorded for Washington Post Live on July 12th, Jackson gets
0:27.2	into Apple's ongoing commitment to equity and justice and why the company feels it's
0:32.2	important to do so.
0:34.0	We also talked about the Supreme Court's devastating ruling on affirmative action.
0:38.6	Apple signed an Amicus brief defending the policy.
0:42.2	Jackson is the company's highest ranking African-American.
0:45.9	Before that, she was the 12th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
0:50.4	The first black person ever are pointed to the position.
0:54.2	For Jackson, there's no doubt the impact of
0:56.8	affirmative action and the institutions that fully embraced it had on her trajectory.
1:02.3	Two-lane found me.
1:04.0	Shell Oil Company found me and gave me a scholarship.
1:07.3	Princeton found me as well.
1:09.6	Well, well, and I consider all of those institutions lucky or haven't found me because I brought
1:14.8	a lot to the table as well.
1:20.5	So Apple's racial equity and justice initiative has surpassed $200 million in
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