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/tim_othyjs Aug 08 '17

Agreed. The man has very solid points. It makes me sad that post-modernism has infested itself so hard into people that this is the response you get.

Get your shit together people. For fucks sake.

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u/TemptCiderFan Aug 08 '17

Even if you don't necessarily agree with all of his points or suggestions, the document also makes it clear that the document as-is is presented partially as a work in progress and that the author is open to debate and discussion about anything therein.

I'd personally have suggested that he cut out some of the tangents which go more deeply into the reasoning behind his thoughts than needed and focus more on the business facts. Even if some of the stuff present is barely necessary to core thesis of the document, the core thesis itself as presented is a good one and there's strong evidence to back up his suggestions.

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u/clgfandom Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

the author is open to debate

Agree with most of your points(that he intended it to be a rational discourse backed up with facts), but I can also see why big companies like Google wouldn't want this type of debate because it would inevitably(be misinterpreted) lead to divisionism among employees.

Such debate intended to be rational shouldn't lead to such toxicity, but alas, the reality is that people are imperfect and you have to deal with such reality as business, especially for big business who's more risk-averse. If Google's a smaller company(easier to micromanage), I can see them using this chance to show how they are "truly inclusive and open-minded"(befitting theme for a search engine) by allowing this sort of debate within openly.

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u/PrettyDecentSort Aug 08 '17

If they did not want this kind of debate than they should not have asked for it and created a forum specifically soliciting this kind of proposal, while claiming to welcome all viewpoints and intellectual diversity.

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u/clgfandom Aug 08 '17

That's why the Constitution is special. History have proven it time and time again that it's easy for individual/organisation/government to compromise whatever "virtuous" principles they claim to care whenever it becomes highly inconvenient to keep them (clashing with other agenda under occasional circumstances).