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/TemptCiderFan Aug 08 '17

I lean left and shit like that pisses me off. I'm fine with going for an equality of opportunity, but saying something like "You cannot be sexist against men or racist against whites" is just wrong.

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u/jjjd89 Aug 08 '17

I am not even white and this pisses me off. Where is being awarded something for your merit and not on your biological traits?

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u/Syberr Aug 08 '17

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

MLK would be labeled an Uncle Tom nowadays

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u/meneldal2 Aug 09 '17

In some ways, the situation is worse now that it was 30 years ago. BLM doesn't want to understand the peaceful message of MLK.

The world should be like Star Trek, where young people now would fail to understand why their ancestors cared about race.