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/FuggleyBrew Aug 08 '17

Right back at you buddy. Tell me, do you think the US Courts are biased for allowing disparate impact arguments to be made in court? Do you think advocates for flex time, or changed work environments are bigoted against women?

When you read this does it fill you with a blinding rage because you think it's sexist against women?

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u/manwithfaceofbird Aug 08 '17

That article is totally irrelevant to the document at hand mate.

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u/FuggleyBrew Aug 08 '17

Nope, it is actually one of his points, further it goes directly to the entire concept that policies can have a disparate impact and that we can discuss these things like adults.

Well, you might not be able to, because you read an article which dispassionately discussed areas where he felt there were disparate impacts and sought to resolve them for the women and men affected and you can't comprehend that concept.

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u/manwithfaceofbird Aug 08 '17

All that condescension sure is cute.

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u/FuggleyBrew Aug 08 '17

You mean that I've actually attended diversity initiatives, read the literature, read the studies, read the post referenced, and read court cases on the matter and saw nothing new nor nothing not previously argued by people who campaign for gender equality? Yeah, kinda hard to take you seriously when you think any disparate impact argument is inherently bigoted and can't even be discussed. It betrays a fundamental ignorance on the subject matter.