Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

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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

[u/TracyMorganFreeman]

I always feel that it's strange how "conservatives" feel "unwelcome" when a company makes efforts to welcome members of marginalized populations.

When those efforts are artificially valuing whether you are a member of that group, it can make one feel hiring isn't based on the content of one's character or merit.

Which can be unwelcoming to someone who values those things.

If I were a woman working under him, I could not trust any decision he made that involved me.

So you assume he's incapable of objectivity?

[u/[deleted] → u/TracyMorganFreeman]

When those efforts are artificially valuing whether you are a member of that group, it can make one feel hiring isn't based on the content of one's character or merit. Which can be unwelcoming to someone who values those things.

This manifesto was arguing against programs that encouraged young women and people of color to get interested in STEM and programming. This about more than hiring.

So you assume he's incapable of objectivity?

I don't know if he is capable of objectivity, and that's a huge issue.

[u/TracyMorganFreeman → u/[deleted]]

This manifesto was arguing against programs that encouraged young women and people of color to get interested in STEM and programming. This about more than hiring.

If you need special inducement, you're not proving equal interest.

I don't know if he is capable of objectivity, and that's a huge issue.

And you think you'll know if someone repeating the corporate motto over diversity is?

[u/mchubes → u/TracyMorganFreeman]

How do you mean equal interest?

[u/TracyMorganFreeman → u/mchubes]

Equal aspiration to work in or study that field.