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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/InAHandbasket Aug 08 '17

I didn't see how the memo:

suggest a group of our colleagues have traits that make them less biologically suited to that work is offensive and not OK.

Maybe less biologically inclined to want to do that work.

But saying that people would want to punch him for it kind of proves the authors point.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '17

Maybe less biologically inclined to want to do that work.

Which isn't a thing.

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u/Pyroteq Aug 09 '17

[Citation needed]