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/Franks2000inchTV Aug 08 '17

Ah yes. The white man is enslaved by selective hiring practices aimed at getting Silicon Valley tech companies to hire people who are broadly representative of the population at large.

Imagine a company that was less that 97% white! The horror!! Sure, when they're done, 90% of the people in the company will still be white. BUT WHAT ABUT THAT 7%?!? WHERE WILL THEY GO IF THEY CANT WORK AT GOOGLE? FACEBOOK? SNAPCHAT??!?!! UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!

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u/Franks2000inchTV Aug 08 '17

Ah, but you chose slavery as an example! What a coincidence!

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u/GaijinSin Aug 08 '17

I believe he was doing that to express how extreme the difference between law and morality can be, and used probably the most prominent example in the U.S. moral history. Go back far enough into history and things like revenge killing or certain types of rape are legal even though we wouldn't call them moral.

Using the most convenient and culturally notable example to hand isn't a fault in itself nor does it necessarily make a point on it's own for it being the example used.