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Google fire man who claims that women are underrepresented because they are biologically different, not because of bias....

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Ok, there's a bit more to it than is in the headlines, but you can see the full "anti-diversity manifesto" here. It's quite a read!


My personal reading is this was written by someone well-meaning but extremely mis-led and confused about why tech companies need to address diversity. It's also full of conjecture and is unnecessarily divisive (constant references to "left" and "right").


Were they right to fire him? Or was he perfectly entitled to publish his thoughts, regardless of whether or not we (or his employer) like it? Any other thoughts on the manifesto? Was there a fair point buried somewhere in the ranting?




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  • I think they were right to fire him ultimately. I read an interesting article from Business Insider UK that explains he doesn't have much of leg to stand on from a legal point of view. The fact that he published this memo on an internal Google mailing list and not using a personal blog, further strengthens Google's position.
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  • I think they were right to fire him ultimately. I read an interesting article from Business Insider UK that explains he doesn't have much of leg to stand on from a legal point of view. The fact that he published this memo on an internal Google mailing list and not using a personal blog, further strengthens Google's position.
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