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Re:Facebook Fired Employee Who Collected Evidence of Potenti... by sjwright on Friday August 07, 2020 @03:25AM (#24079266)
The memo wasn't bigoted or creepy, it didn't even say anything particularly remarkable, though I do agree it failed to pay sufficient deference to the cultural moment. But the assertion that it was hateful or bigoted went unchallenged in all of the reporting around it.

If you haven't read it yourself, I encourage you to challenge yourself with an open mind and give it a read.

Re:Facebook Fired Employee Who Collected Evidence of Potenti... by gwbas1c on Saturday August 08, 2020 @02:51PM (#24094102)
> I encourage you to challenge yourself with an open mind and give it a read

I did. It relies on junk science to justify bigotry.

And that's why Google's response concerns me. (I encourage you to look it up too.) It uses the words "wrong opinion" instead of calling out the junk science. But it also abandoned employees who may have mild concerns about the processes that Google was following.

Thus, Google handled the situation poorly because it didn't discredit the "diversity memo." It assumed that everyone disagreed with the memo, which clearly isn't the case.

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Junk science: Think of debunked science like eugenics that were used to justify past bigotry.

Re:Facebook Fired Employee Who Collected Evidence of Potenti... by sjwright on Sunday August 09, 2020 @06:22AM (#24098581)
"It relies on junk science to justify bigotry."

Go on then, cite a paragraph directly from Damore's memo that "relies on junk science." I'm waiting. I dare say I'll be waiting a while. Hopefully it inspires you to actually read it for yourself instead of parrot what a few other people have said.

Or at the very least, if you'd prefer the lazier option, listen to what some other people who've read the memo said about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZZSYPs1_ng

Re:Facebook Fired Employee Who Collected Evidence of Potenti... by gwbas1c on Thursday August 13, 2020 @10:59PM (#24152753)
The whole "personality differences" section.