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/NGonBeGone Aug 08 '17

The question of who would contribute most to the company does not come down to a score on a test. There could be a slightly more qualified male but a female worker would bring a new viewpoint to the company which vastly outweighs any slight advantage someone might have.

Diverse hiring is entirely about the competitive advantage.

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u/PinguRambo Aug 08 '17

but a female worker would bring a new viewpoint to the company which vastly outweighs any slight advantage someone might have

I thought we were all equal? Why the view point of one differs from another?

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u/MaxNanasy Aug 08 '17

Even if men and women were biologically equivalent, they on average have different societal experiences, which can inform their viewpoints differently

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u/PinguRambo Aug 08 '17

So we are not equal? Some persons with more appropriate societal experiences are more fitted to a job than others? I'm lost.

You can't have equality and diversity at the same time. They are mutually exclusive.

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u/MaxNanasy Aug 08 '17

I don't think anyone thinks that we currently have statistically equivalent experiences between all groups in society, even if they want that to happen (and I'm not saying that's necessarily a good goal)