By now, you\u2019ve likely heard about James Damore, the Google engineer who wrote a ridiculously long memo (3,300 words, to be exact) about why, in his opinion, women are biologically ill-suited to work in the tech industry. Despite claiming to \u201cvalue diversity and inclusion,\u201d Damore wrote that women weren\u2019t succeeding as much as their high-ranking male counterparts due to faults of their own \u2014 meekness and neuroses \u2014 as opposed to the industry\u2019s systemic misogyny.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear why Damore felt the need to share his unsolicited opinion with more than\u00a040,000 Google employees\u00a0last Friday. What is clear is that Google is not having it. According to The New York Times,\u00a0Damore has since been fired for \u201cadvancing harmful gender stereotypes.\u201d Sundar Pichai, Google\u2019s CEO, told CNN via email, \u201cTo suggest a group of our colleagues have traits that make them less biologically suited to that work is offensive and not OK.\u201d<\/p>\n
But not everyone has followed Pichai\u2019s lead in recognizing Damore\u2019s memo as a long-winded exercise in pseudo-scientific ignorance. Apparently, several Google employees expressed support for his memo within the company\u2019s internal messaging platform. And, outside of Google, he has received support from fringe groups that see him as a beacon of free speech and defender of beleaguered conservatives. Such is the case on the far-right fundraising website WeSearchr, where an anonymous group is raising funds from anonymous donors to \u201chelp James get back on his feet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, it isn\u2019t just about helping the senior engineer recover from going without the Google food court for two days. According to the campaign\u2019s description, the idea is to help Damore collect enough funding to launch a lawsuit against his former employer as well. He may actually have a case, reports the Times, thanks to federal labor law protections for employees attempting to protect fellow colleagues. That being said, Google can also make the case Damore fostered a toxic environment for his female coworkers, who make up less than a third of Google\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n
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