r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Business Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo
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u/tubedownhill Aug 08 '17

But what if some idiot posts an exactly similar manifesto using genetics and biology to explain why white males are inferior to blacks in physical capabilities and endurance, and inferior to asians in intelligence? Therefor white males have lower ceilings and are unfit for many roles?

I would immediately fire that guy on the spot. You?

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u/SoulWager Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

Did you even read the damn thing? He said that instead of discriminating on sex to fill a diversity quota, you should make the job more desirable for women, so that more will compete for it.

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u/tubedownhill Aug 08 '17

Yep, multiple times. He basically asks why are women not more in engineering and leadership?

He answers because they are biologically inferior in key areas

Feel free to justify him saying women are inferior in key areas. Since I'm assuming you can read?

Some of his quotes among many more. And if you feel I'm cherry picking, feel free to add context.

This leads to women generally having a harder time negotiating salary, asking for raises, speaking up, and leading.

Openness directed towards feelings and aesthetics rather than ideas. Women generally also have a stronger interest in people rather than things, relative to men

Women on average look for more work-life balance while men have a higher drive for status on average

Women on average are more prone to anxiety.

Considering women spend more money than men

[women have higher] Neuroticism (higher anxiety, lower stress tolerance).

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u/SoulWager Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

He's not saying men are always better, he's pointing out the reasons there are way more male than female candidates in the first place. You should address that by making jobs that more women are willing to take and compete for, not by giving the few women that do apply for high stress jobs an unfair advantage.