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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by Simon_says on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @03:58AM (#14955512)
> It's worth remembering that one of his conclusions was to end or replace gender-based diversity programs at Google. Given that, it's easy to understand why people would be upset. If gender-based diversity programs are responsible for qualified women getting jobs that they otherwise wouldn't have gotten due to bias, then the lack of that program means those women wouldn't have gotten those jobs.

This is not exactly a strong counter-argument.

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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by lurker69 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @05:05AM (#14955910)
> If gender-based diversity programs are responsible...

> If...

Nothing empirical in that sentence just assumption. And even if we assume that statement is true, on the other side of same coin are qualified men that didn't get job solely because of their genitalia.

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