Google D&I Recruiter Fired

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dnimatters
Dec 21, 2020 133 Comments

https://twitter.com/RealAbril/status/1341135819487100928

This is really saddening. We are capable of doing so much better as an industry. I believe that Google does have a D&I problem and has major bias in their recruiting practices. I believe most companies in our industry have the same problems, but Google is an industry leader and needs to do much better.

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  • Isn’t hiring on race racist? Shouldn’t we look past skin color and look at character, integrity, qualifications, and skills? Isn’t that what Martin Luther King Jr. fought for?
    Dec 21, 2020 42
    • Google
      SundarSun

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      SundarSun
      Lol why are you going in circles man, we agreed to move on, focus on the latest issue. I haven't mentioned anything about data reliability or self-reporting in my last comment. Address my comment.
      Dec 28, 2020
    • Flagged by the community.

  • Flagged by the community.

    • VMware
      nope12

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      nope12
      3rd world immigrants can spot bullshit from a long way off because we come from such societies. The caste system in India is one of perpetual victim mentality. Same shit is happening in the US.

      Same shit, different bull. Stinks just the same.
      Dec 21, 2020
    • Flagged by the community.

  • Goodbye
    Dec 21, 2020 6
    • JUUL You obviously have no comprehension of what it means to be from a third world country. Coming from a third world country generally means not being able to speak English as your native language, growing up without steady electricity, water, internet, being surrounded by shocking levels of poverty, child labor, corruption, overpopulation, lack of economic opportunities, shoddy infrastructure, having no social safety net, lack of public schools, no "welfare", you can't just go out and get a job because there is shortage of jobs.
      There is no system in place.

      You are so clueless how good latins and black people have it relatively speaking. I'm not denying that they face racism and have many decades of oppression but reality is in present day there is nothing holding them back but themselves.

      Instead of tweeting woke statements why not go get an engineering degree- oh I know, because it's TOO HARD. I know latinos and other ethnicities in the Bay, and damn, I can't believe how so many of them just don't prioritize education or academia. Many would rather spend money on getting hair extensions and their nails done. You cannot even BEGIN to imagine the kind of sacrifices immigrants make- my parents rarely ever bought new clothes, we never went to restaurants or even ate out at all, cooking from scratch daily, saving >50% of your income, and more. These come down to cultural values, not education. My Dad didn't even learn English until he was 22, and he's a millionaire now.

      You cannot even imagine the amount of indignity Indian immigrants have to face being mocked for their accent, their religion, their food, their way of life, being confused for terrorists. So give me a f*cking break with how much blacks have had to face. We are all so sick of hearing about it.
      Dec 22, 2020
    • JUUL
      qRTD06

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      qRTD06
      No sir/ma’am I think you misunderstanding what i stated. When I say incomparable, it doesn’t mean that Indians had it easier. It means its a moot point to try and compare the two. The landscape is different, very different scenarios that provides a profound impact on each community.

      You can’t pass judgement until you fully understand the psychological/social economic impact blacks and browns have endured here in the US. And because of this, there’s no need to continue this debate! PERIODT!
      Dec 22, 2020
  • Google
    test@

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    test@
    Good fucking riddance.
    Dec 21, 2020 7
    • New
      NoKids™️

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      NoKids™️
      Yes the people will go away.

      Timnit has been silenced. Real will shut up in the next few weeks. Hopefully twitch will fire you too OP.
      Dec 21, 2020
    • Twitch
      dnimatters

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      dnimatters
      OP
      They probably will one day soon, but I will not stop fighting. I will get another job and bring my D&I efforts there.
      Dec 22, 2020
  • Amazon
    ieueuwhab

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    ieueuwhab
    Why aren’t there more tech startups with black and brown founders? I feel like that would be much more empowering rather than trying to play the system at FAANG.
    Dec 21, 2020 11
    • Amazon
      ieueuwhab

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      ieueuwhab
      I support empowerment of non-white minorities including Asians and Indians as well. I once had the same mindset as you where I believed that inclusion into prestigious institutions was the solution for minority empowerment.

      However, I’ve realized that the greatest empowerment is the ability to leave. Most Japanese Americans repatriated back to Japan after they saw the writing on the wall in the US after ww2. Fewer Chinese are immigrating to the US as China’s economy booms. Heck, there was a recent thread of an AsAm recommending other AsAms to move to Asia. On the other hand, we have Indians who desperately want to come to the US and must face the realities of being f-Ed over by the mere whims of politicians (e.g s386). They must deal with the shitty circumstances of H1b bc they don’t want to stay in India.

      The ability to say, “I don’t accept this situation” and leave is much more powerful than fighting from the inside. I understand that black ppl’s “motherland” is the US, but it can’t hurt to create more ties with Africans, as they will not be racist toward black people. It’s a difficult road, but I firmly believe that that is true empowerment.
      Dec 21, 2020
    • Amazon
      ChRv13

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      ChRv13
      It's a lot harder to build ties with a country you stemmed from 400 years ago (what region who knows bc colonizers fucked around with tribes as well) vs a country you were born in, had an education on, and can CHOOSE to return to.
      Dec 21, 2020