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University of Southern California has cancelled an all-star event panel featuring several giants of the gaming industry. Their reason? It wasn’t diverse enough and an all-male panel “didn’t reflect both the diversity within the USC community and the games industry at large.”
The panel would have featured famous and important voices of the games industry such as Rob Pardo (former Blizzard CEO), Brandon Beck ( CEO & Co-Founder of Riot Games) and Peter Levin (President of Lionsgate Interactive) among others.
originally posted by: Gothmog
Ok , how about they invite Morgan Webb ? She has been a consultant for Blizzard for years.
originally posted by: LaWnOrDeR92
What in the hell. Why didn't they think of this issue before creating the event? What a bunch of morons.
originally posted by: CynConcepts
This is insane! The female students interested in gaming would have gained greatly from these individuals too! All USC has done has limited their female students access to true legends. Pushing the diversity agenda actually seems to me to be more harmful education wise than helpful.
originally posted by: ketsuko
originally posted by: CynConcepts
This is insane! The female students interested in gaming would have gained greatly from these individuals too! All USC has done has limited their female students access to true legends. Pushing the diversity agenda actually seems to me to be more harmful education wise than helpful.
Yes, exactly! My husband had that thought. How diverse was the student body seeing these exacs going to be, and why wouldn't that suffice for the diversity component? You can't foster diversity in an industry by hampering your students' ability to get into said industry by denying them opportunities.
Someone always has to be first.
originally posted by: stosh64
originally posted by: Gothmog
Ok , how about they invite Morgan Webb ? She has been a consultant for Blizzard for years.
Maybe the GUY they chose was more qualified?
I know qualifications don't matter anymore.
Pathetic