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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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  • A complex subject on both sides of the Atlantic, as the following attest to:

    • An American Association of University Women report on why women aren’t going into engineering and computing.

    • Catalyst, a think tank that supports women in the workforce, gathers global data and studies on women in STEM fields.

    • A corporate-sponsored study examines the female brain drain in science, engineering and technology.

    • A Bloomberg article discussing how tech companies grapple with white male discontent and their discrimination lawsuits.

    • A 2017 Atlantic magazine article analyzes why Silicon Valley is hard on women

    • A 2016 study shows how scarce women are on Silicon Valley boards of directors.

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  • A complex subject on both sides of the Atlantic, as the following attest to:

    • An American Association of University Women report on why women aren’t going into engineering and computing.

    • Catalyst, a think tank that supports women in the workforce, gathers global data and studies on women in STEM fields.

    • A corporate-sponsored study examines the female brain drain in science, engineering and technology.

    • A Bloomberg article discussing how tech companies grapple with white male discontent and their discrimination lawsuits.

    • A 2017 Atlantic magazine article analyzes why Silicon Valley is hard on women

    • A 2016 study shows how scarce women are on Silicon Valley boards of directors.

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