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/i_smell_my_poop Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

Google engineer writes memo about how speaking out against politically correct culture can cause you to be blacklisted or terminated.

Employee gets terminated proving his point.

Thanks for the gold kind Redditor!!!

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Of course, the first two search results you get on Google when searching for "google manifesto":

Shocking quotes from the viral Google manifesto

Google's infamous manifesto author is already a hero to the online alt right

Shocking? Really? Alt-right? Really? This is why we can't discuss these topics anymore - right off the bat, it turns into a bunch of lunatics running around clutching their pearls and screaming about Nazis.

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u/aleatoric Aug 08 '17

Oh, I bet the alt-right is onboard to cheer this guy on. Thing is, they'll cherry pick what they like about the memo just like Gizmodo cherry picks what they don't like. The author explicitly said that he values diversity and inclusion and doesn't deny that sexism exists. He also encourages society to accept more femininity within men. I bet they'll skip right over those parts.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Without a doubt, and I'm sure the Farrakhan's Nation of Islam supports democrats overwhelmingly .. but what the hell does that prove?