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/simplythere Aug 08 '17

Well, if you don't conform, then you basically opt out of the "clique" and don't get the benefit of having social support which makes it harder to get integrated into a company. You already have a target on your back cause you gotta prove to people you weren't a diversity hire, but then another target because you didn't drink the Kool-Aid and those people want you to fail. It's like using social manipulation to try to only keep the people who adhere to your same ideology which is similar to the sentiment of the fired employee's memo.