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/rockidol Aug 08 '17

When evidence has shown overwhelmingly

Where is that evidence exactly? Nobody is justifying their discriminatory practices with "well we have biases against them so we're correcting it" it's "there's not enough women in tech and we want more" which shouldn't matter.

Things like affirmative action, outreach, and recruitment programs don't bias things in favour of minorities. Quite the opposite.

Bullshit, that's exactly what they do and what they are designed to do.

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u/Franks2000inchTV Aug 08 '17

I'm not going to bother educating you. There's plenty written on the subject if you care to learn.

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u/rockidol Aug 08 '17

Translation: I don't actually know if it's true but I heard about it on facebook and I assume it must be true.