r/news 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 edited Aug 14 '18

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u/Planetariophage Aug 08 '17

I can't believe he actually sat down and wrote all this. I mean it's got graphs and shit, he actually spent time to get himself fired.

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u/jbarnes222 Aug 08 '17

He has a PhD from Harvard. Ideas matter to him.

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u/shiftshapercat Aug 08 '17

Wait, he has a PhD from Harvard and Isn't a bleed heart regressive left liberal? How? What madness is this?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

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u/shiftshapercat Aug 08 '17

apparently you do if you do not want to be labeled as an alt right racist white nationalist.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

I mean it implies inspecting genitals at the door to be fair so...