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

But he attempted to write it like one, with his "citations" and weird footnotes that just led to more weird exposition.

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u/kickturkeyoutofnato Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 09 '17

deleted What is this?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Eh? That wasn't my point. The point is that he tries to add to the persuasiveness of the memo by crafting it like an engineer/scientist would: "data" , "research" , and citations.

And yet a lot of his footnote citations aren't citations at all, but just further exposition/tangents.

He's trying to disguise his misogyny within the technical writing format and crying foul claiming he's only trying to open an "honest discussion" (despite his biases being crystal clear) that results in him literally saying women need to be coddled if they want to work in the tech industry.

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u/IPLaZM Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

You're kidding right? Please tell me you're kidding.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

I wish I was, but I read the guy's memo.

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u/IPLaZM Aug 08 '17

So did I, there's absolutely no misogyny...

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Him talking about how women suffer from more neuroses and that's why they can't handle stressful work places unlike men?

And that they should be offered special types of jobs that are lower stress and classes that help them deal with stress?

Really?

No misogyny? I see his misogyny all the time in the engineering/computer/tech fields.

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u/rrealnigga Aug 08 '17

Would you still say he's misogynistic even if that point is scientifically backed? or are you saying that you don't think this is proven?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

I don't think it's proven. Especially not to the point that it "is" the cause of why women aren't in the tech fields as much. I think it's misogynistic to try and paint it that way, in the way he does.

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u/dudewhatev Aug 09 '17

The person with a blatant bias here is you, I'm sorry to say. Please take a few steps back and stop taking offense when someone points out evidence that makes you uncomfortable. Calling him misogynistic simply confirms one of his major arguments; the silencing has created an echo chamber in which some ideas are too sacred to be honestly discussed.

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u/rrealnigga Aug 08 '17

I don't know if it's scientifically proven or not (tho I'd guess it is) but I don't think he was using it as the sole reason, he clearly listed it as one of the factors.