"We should never allow the majority to deprive minority rights." With these words, Tim Cook, Apple CEO and Steve Jobs's successor, received the honorary prize for his life and work last week at the Obbor University School of Humanities.
It was one of the rare times Tim Cook took to the stage at an event unrelated to the US digital giant's operations. technology. The succession of a giant of our time, Steve Jobs, had trapped the 52-year-old businessman in a trap of non-stop work and exclusive devotion to Apple.
However, at this event, Tim Cook did not talk about Apple's pioneering and innovations, or even about the general theme of how the modern technology it will liberate societies and people. He talked about racism, societal racism, racism against African Americans that he experienced as a child growing up in the heart of the American South in Alabama, to racism against immigrants now, about these rights of minorities that should not be denied by the majority.
And it was an aversion to his speech that attracted most applause. "It's always the right time to do the right thing. Today we have an opportunity. We have an opportunity to continue to make progress in respecting the different races and also to embrace the reforms on immigrants, "he said, then, raising his tone of voice, stressed:" And to eliminate discrimination against the gay and lesbian community! ".
Dedicated for decades to Apple and living in the shadow of an internationally celebrated personality like the Ozz, Tim Cook kept his personal life away from the spotlight.
In early October, Out magazine - the bible of the American gay community - named him the most powerful gay man in the world. The second was Ellen de Genners.
In a speech like the one at Obourne University, Tim Cook, a regular Obama partner and the man who successfully leads Apple in the aftermath of the Ozb, proves he is indeed the most powerful gay man on the planet. And now he's been talking about it.
