Office LifeAug 16, 2019
WalmartNokhShpirn

Burden of Being Black at Google

The interesting cite from https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zmjvy3/heres-the-memo-about-the-burden-of-being-black-at-google "But when it came to the violent policing of black bodies, they were silent." Personally, I thing that is a good idea to avoid discussing the following topics in American companies especially in Silicone Valley: - racism - politics - sex Did I miss something? Edited: The memo TL;DR: "I had a hard time at NYC Google office being a black guy."

Here's the Memo About the 'Burden of Being Black at Google'
Here's the Memo About the 'Burden of Being Black at Google'
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Twitter Oomnj Aug 16, 2019

Tldr?

Walmart NokhShpirn OP Aug 16, 2019

TL;DR: "I had a hard time at NYC Google office being a black guy."

Twitter Oomnj Aug 16, 2019

Lol šŸ˜‚

Microsoft MSFTBRO Aug 16, 2019

Is Vice still relevant?

Walmart NokhShpirn OP Aug 16, 2019

It's not about Vice. It's about ex-Googler memo.

Affirm $da8 Aug 16, 2019

Yeah, I think itā€™s silly to ā€œbring oneā€™s whole selfā€ to work. You go, you think about tech, you get money; and you live your real life elsewhere.

Twitter Oomnj Aug 16, 2019

Bringing whole self to Work is such a stupid concept

Affirm $da8 Aug 16, 2019

I guess the issue though is that some can easily do that if their whole self fits into the standard myopic/ racially-segregated techie culture.

GoDaddy lt84bw Aug 16, 2019

Google is going to get crushed by its own employees' SJWing

Kaspersky Lab mayfair Aug 16, 2019

Is it like a condition of off-boarding in Google now? Leaving Google write the memo?

Twitter Oomnj Aug 16, 2019

Yeah he didnā€™t even share number of code commits or the PR reviews to merge ratio

Kaspersky Lab mayfair Aug 16, 2019

But yes, per my observation, people in tech are as racist as people in general. You might think that STEM education could make them less biased against African-American, but no, same numbers as in other sectors.

Twitter Oomnj Aug 16, 2019

There is no evidence for this.

Kaspersky Lab mayfair Aug 16, 2019

Thanks! I added ā€œper my observationā€

Google SdrPikachu Aug 16, 2019

Add "religion" to your list.

Goldman Sachs FRT87 Aug 16, 2019

šŸæ

ThoughtSpot Googleplex Aug 16, 2019

You donā€™t hear Jeremy Lin complaining

Google twicepapa May 8, 2021

Sick and tired....