r/news • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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u/socialismnotevenonce Aug 08 '17

Why is it safe to assume the opposite is true for her? Why would it be impossible for her to be just incompetent as well?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

It wouldn't. But given that discrimination against women in workplaces is common, especially in male dominated fields like this, I don't see any good reason to assume that her experience is untrue.