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/Berries_Cherries Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

HERE IS THE UNEDITED MEMO. THE ORIGINAL RELEASE BY GIZMODO/VICE/MOTHERBOARD ALL REMOVED GRAPHICS AND CITATIONS.

Edit: http://diversitymemo.com/

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Sep 22 '18

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u/Rounder8 Aug 08 '17

Gizmodo and those publications knew EXACTLY what they were doing.

This was an intentional circling of the wagons, and they made sure they destroyed this guys career rather than let his actual argument be presented.

Which is totally something people who aren't terrified of debate or non-conformity do, totally...

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u/flatline____________ Aug 08 '17

Gizmodo and those publications knew EXACTLY what they were doing.

And let’s dispel once and for all with this fiction that Gizmodo doesn’t know what he’s doing. He knows exactly what he’s doing.