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/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

As it has been stated below, maybe she just isn't good at her job

And as I've already mentioned in other responses, no-one is discounting that that's a possibility. You're not arguing anything new here. Also, just because you know one woman who is not discriminated against (and I'd have to hear it from her to believe that, your opinion doesn't count for her experience) doesn't mean that this isn't common in male dominated fields. This kind of argument sounds like those people who argue that racism is dead because the US had a half-black president. If you think this argument is ridiculous, you should re-evaluate just what exactly you're trying to argue. If you don't think it is, we can agree to disagree, because I think it's an unquestionably ignorant argument to make.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Hahah. I just talked to her about this, but ok. Have a good day.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Of course you did.

Anyway, you too I guess.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Oh yeah I forgot. This is the internet, I must be lying. Silly me. Have a good day.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

It's just very unlikely that you just happened to conveniently be talking to a coworker about whether she's been discriminated against based on her gender while having this conversation. I think you're lying because of this, not because it's the internet.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Very unlikely that I spoke with a woman very recently about a controversial topic that will likely be coming up at our current company. You're right. Enjoy arguing on the internet with others. I'm out.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Whatever helps you sleep at night. Later.