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Damore kept his memo internal and did not circulate it widely. (It was leaked to the public in a calculated attempt to pressure Google into firing Damore.)

As recently as last week, while she was still a Google employee, Gebru publicly accused her “privileged White men” bosses of racial bias:

>Nothing like a bunch of privileged White men trying to squash research by marginalized communities for marginalized communities by ordering them to STOP with ZERO conversation. The amount of disrespect is incredible. Every time I think about it my blood starts boiling again.

https://mobile.twitter.com/timnitGebru/status/13317576299961...

>But they are doing exactly the job of squashing marginalized people's voices which is their job. I at least hope no one tries to talk DEI and other things

https://mobile.twitter.com/timnitGebru/status/13317729006936...

“Opinions my own” in her Twitter bio or not, as a manager, she should know better than to publicly accuse coworkers of bias against members of a protected class, particularly if she’s unwilling to make those same accusations in court. Public statements like that can lead to serious legal consequences for the company, not to mention repetutational damage for the accused, and should not be made lightly or without evidence.



She sounds really difficult to work with. The woke culture is breading a bunch of people who think they can just yell out racist anytime someone disagrees with them. Pretty pathetic if you ask me.

Just look at how she immediately starts jumping to more sinister conclusions just because "white man":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1SXlK5rhR8


Think Google would have done everyone a favor if they were honest with the "AI Ethics" team that they're supposed to be a PR department.


> the leaker was also fired

Really? I never heard this, and I followed the Damore drama very closely at the time. It's an interesting detail; do you have a source?


I had thought it was Tim Chevalier, who was indeed fired in connection to events surrounding the Damore memo, but a quick Google shows I have a faulty memory. Apparently he was fired for anti-Damore social media posts rather than leaking the memo in the first place. I have amended my original comment.

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2018/02/22/lawsuit-...




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