{"id":1712,"date":"2017-08-08T19:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T19:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2017-08-08T19:00:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T19:00:06","slug":"google-anti-diversity-issue-examined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/google-anti-diversity-issue-examined\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Anti-Diversity Issue Examined"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GoogleThe news this morning is that the Google engineer who authored that 10 page memo outlining diversity issues at Google has been fired. For those not in the know, I’ve found a copy of that memo and Google’s response to it on Gizmodo.com as written by Kate Conger entitled, “Exclusive: Here’s The Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Internally at Google [Updated]<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Here it is in its entirety:<\/p>\n

Update 7:25pm ET: Google\u2019s new Vice President of Diversity, Integrity & Governance Danielle Brown has issued her own memo to Google employees in response to the now-viral memo, \u201cGoogle\u2019s Ideological Echo Chamber.\u201d Brown\u2019s statement,\u00a0obtained by Motherboard<\/a>, can be found in full at the end of this article.<\/em><\/p>\n

A software engineer\u2019s 10-page screed against Google\u2019s diversity initiatives is going viral inside the company, being shared on an internal meme network and Google+. The document\u2019s existence was first reported by\u00a0Motherboard<\/a>, and Gizmodo has obtained it in full.<\/p>\n

In the memo, which is the personal opinion of a male Google employee and is titled \u201cGoogle\u2019s Ideological Echo Chamber,\u201d the author argues that women are underrepresented in tech not because they face bias and discrimination in the workplace, but because of inherent psychological differences between men and women. \u201cWe need to stop assuming that gender gaps imply sexism,\u201d he writes, going on to argue that Google\u2019s educational programs for young women may be misguided.<\/div>\n

The post comes as Google battles a\u00a0wage discrimination investigation<\/a>\u00a0by the US Department of Labor, which has found that Google routinely pays women less than men in comparable roles.<\/p>\n

Gizmodo has reached out to Google for comment on the memo and how the company is addressing employee concerns regarding its content. We will update this article if we hear back.<\/p>\n

The text of the post is reproduced in full below, with some minor formatting modifications. Two charts and several hyperlinks are also omitted.<\/p>\n

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