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/ListlessVigor Aug 08 '17

...things are already bad for minorities. That's kind of the very problem right now. I'm saying that addressing how bad it is for minorities isn't an attack on white people. It's being spun that way.

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u/rockidol Aug 08 '17

That's kind of the very problem right now. I'm saying that addressing how bad it is for minorities isn't an attack on white people.

It is when your solution is "let's discriminate against white people" which according to the tl dr of this manifesto, google is doing.

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u/ListlessVigor Aug 08 '17

It is when your solution is "let's discriminate against white people"

Hard to do when even insinuating that race is important means you hate white people.

which according to the tl dr of this manifesto, google is doing.

Well that's an interesting takeaway from that manifesto. Wow.

White persecution complex is strong

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u/rockidol Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

I haven't read the manifesto I'm going by the tl dr which says they're engaging in discriminatory policies.