In our next employment law class, we will discuss sex discrimination— cases where women have complained of gender stereotyping and unequal standards.
We will also read James Damore’s critique of Google’s culture. Damore was fired for circulating his viewpoints among co-workers and has filed a complaint with the NLRB.
I’ve picked three representative quotes about gender from his message, and one quote about his claim that corporate diversity programs stifle conservative views.
I welcome FB posts or emails at mhl@illinois.edu. If you want to read his entire message, visit https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-heres-the-full-10-page-anti-diversity-screed-1797564320.
Here are Damore’s quotes:
“We have extensive government and Google programs, fields of study, and legal and social norms to protect women, but when a man complains about a gender issue issue [sic] affecting men, he’s labelled as a misogynist and whiner.”
“Nearly every difference between men and women is interpreted as a form of women’s oppression. As with many things in life, gender differences are often a case of “grass being greener on the other side”; unfortunately, taxpayer and Google money is spent to water only one side of the lawn.”
“Discriminating just to increase the representation of women in tech is as misguided and biased as mandating increases for women’s representation in the homeless, work-related and violent deaths, prisons, and school dropouts.”
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“In highly progressive environments, conservatives are a minority that feel like they need to stay in the closet to avoid open hostility. We should empower those with different ideologies to be able to express themselves.”
Alienating conservatives is both non-inclusive and generally bad business because conservatives tend to be higher in conscientiousness, which is require for much of the drudgery and maintenance work characteristic of a mature company.
Confront Google’s biases.”
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