Michael Dell weighs in on Charlottesville, Barcelona
Personal computer pioneer Michael Dell, a member of Trump’s manufacturing business council before it was dissolved Wednesday, on Friday said the “hatred, violence, racism and terrorism” displayed in Charlottesville, Va., and Barcelona “have no place in our global society.”
“At the most basic level human emotion can be divided into into love or hate,” Dell said in a statement to USA TODAY. “Hate is evil and we’ve seen far too much hate lately whether in Charlottesville, Barcelona or elsewhere.”
“Our culture code is at the heart of our commitment and it details the expectations we have for our team members and our company,” he continued in the statement, which was sent to Dell Technologies employees. “These recent events only strengthen our resolve to make an even greater positive difference in the world.”
Dell, who did not resign from the manufacturing council, declined comment on its disbandment.
He was one of the few members not to step down. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, Merck CEO Ken Frazier, Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka quit after President Trump’s incendiary comments following the deadly neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville over the weekend.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick had previously left the council for other reasons.
Earlier this week, Dell Technologies said there was no change “in Dell engaging with the Trump administration and governments around the world to share our perspective on policy issues that affect our company, our customers and our employees.”
Source- https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/08/18/michael-dell-weighs-charlottesville-barcelona/581670001/
