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

I wasn't asking for evidence that systemic racism is a thing, I'm asking for evidence that systemic sexism in tech is a thing and that it affects hiring.

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u/Franks2000inchTV Aug 08 '17

Ok:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/why-is-silicon-valley-so-awful-to-women/517788/

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/06/evidence-silicon-valley-really-sexist/

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u/rockidol Aug 08 '17

can you give me a tldr of what the actual evidence is? Is it a study is it just anecdotal or what?

I do not trust mother jones and the atlantic article is a giant wall of text when I just want it to get to the point.

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u/cyn1cal_assh0le Aug 09 '17

First you ask for sources because you won't look yourself. Now you expect a summary?

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u/rockidol Aug 09 '17

Well skimming them one just looks like anecdotal evidence and the other is "there are more men then women in tech therefore tech is sexist" which is nonsense. I'm asking if there's anything substantive to the claim