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Re:Google Can't Seem to Tolerate Diversity by macspoofing on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @06:29AM (#14967189)
I'm actually not surprised that he got fired, and I do think the firing is justifiable. Writing open manifestos against company policies on controversial and sensitive issues is going to get you in trouble. It just will, whether you're at Google or 'Dave's Grill-house'.

But that's not what I was responding to. OP implied this guy is a racist or a misogynist and stated she couldn't work with someone who held his kinds of beliefs.

I've read the manifesto and it's not as strong as you make it out to be. For example, I've argued that you can't expect perfect proportional demographic representation in a free society in any field. It will not happen, for a variety of reasons that may not be nefarious. If women are under-represented in programming it may not be because of sexism.

Re:Google Can't Seem to Tolerate Diversity by rbanffy on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @05:37PM (#14973905)
> it may not be

"May" is the important word here. We really don't know.

Re:Google Can't Seem to Tolerate Diversity by sobani on Thursday August 10, 2017 @08:33AM (#14978956)
Which was exactly the point of the memo!