I love this anecdote so much because you’ve aptly described what happens every fucking day at places like Google to the point I bet those dudes would be horrified at your comment.

I’ve been trying to channel the confidence of a mediocre white guy while applying to grad programs this fall.

.......all your gay sex will be furtive, though.................

She’s a light-skinned woman, probably from a high caste. Remember that Indian-Americans are by far the nation’s wealthiest ethnic group, in large part because they mostly come either on graduate student or H-1B visas and thus take high-earning occupations; even those who don’t come this generally have been able to do…

I have a STEM degree with a focus on web development from the late-00s, often the only woman in my class, etc

How many times do we think this guy has called someone a “snowflake”?

He should get together with Abigail Fisher. Match made in hell.

The reason young women and girls aren’t becoming experts in STEM is because they don’t want to get beat up by boys and young men and men. I’m serious. I’ve watched 5-12 year Olds stand in line to use the robotics for the first time and all the boys shoved to the front and the girls spent a few minutes watching their…

DISCLAIMER: I am not a CA attorney. I did read the complaint, which alleges gender and race discrimination, but only makes allegations under California law. No federal / Title VII rights are alleged to have been violated.

“Google’s management goes to extreme — and illegal — lengths to encourage hiring managers to take protected categories such as race and/or gender into consideration as determinative hiring factors, to the detriment of Caucasian and male employees and potential employees at Google,” reads the 161-page complaint.

Ugh. It is totally legal to fire someone for saying offensive shit. The fact that his particular brand of screeching drivel is most often peddled by conservative white men doesn’t magically protect him.

I (a woman) got promoted this year to a senior position over several male colleagues who all have crippling social/emotional issues and are general assholes. Guess what the narrative is in my group right now?

I just want to thank Prachi for taking one for the team and reporting on these danger dildos.

Yeah but then you would be totally insecure and have a crazy amount of deeply rooted self hatred. Plus you would have to carry around a tiki torch acting outraged about god knows what and that sounds like a real drag.

A formal declaration of male fragility in dense legalese. It should be put in an archive somewhere.

Oh, absolutely. I was just pointing out that this guy made up an issue (“white dudes aren’t getting enough coding jobs”) that wouldn’t even have effected him if it was real.

Fuck this douchebag. He would still be employed and thriving at Google if he hadn’t circulated that offensive memo via company channels. He didn’t lose his job because Google is prioritizing minority hires, he lost it because he wrote and disseminated a backwards-ass diatribe. If it wasn’t so frustrating, it would be…

Could anyone explain to me how “you wrote a shitty manifesto and we are firing for it” is NOT forming an opinion about someone based on their individual merit?

Here’s the thing:

“Google’s management goes to extreme — and illegal — lengths to encourage hiring managers to take protected categories such as race and/or gender into consideration as determinative hiring factors, to the detriment of Caucasian and male employees and potential employees at Google,”