The lawsuit claims the company viewed Black job candidates “through harmful racial stereotypes” and that hiring managers deemed Black candidates “not ‘Googly’ enough, a plain dog whistle for race discrimination.”
The suit claims the company steered them into lower-level and lower-paid jobs and subjected them to a hostile work environment if they speak out.
“Pursuant to its strong, racially biased corporate culture, Google is engaged in a pattern and practice of race discrimination against its African American and Black employees,” the complaint states. “Google’s centralized leadership, which is nearly devoid of Black representation, holds biased and stereotypical views about the abilities and potential of Black professionals.”
At the time, Gebru posted on Twitter that she was fired but Google told employees she resigned. More than 1,200 Google employees signed on to an open letter calling the incident “unprecedented research censorship” and faulting the company for racism and defensiveness.
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