> They didn't hire, fire, promote, or speak differently? Sure, now prove it. Other than the lack of black engineers in his department and some comments made a

> They didn't hire, fire, promote, or speak differently? Sure, now prove it. Other than the lack of black engineers in his department and some comments made at non-work-related functions, there wasn't anything you could point to and say "a-ha!" It can be insidious. > nobody seemed to dispute innate differences between men and women I think everyone agrees there are innate differences. At least, the women who wrote this article do as well. Now, do those innate differences make women inferior engineers? (I know, Damore never explicitly said this, but he implied it. Maybe it's just poor writing? I wish he'd run his memo past some interested women before posting internally so he'd have a chance to clarify.) The "core" of which you speak is basically Google's exec staff. It's not a conspiracy, it's just the company. They fired Damore because, whether it's due to unfair implications or just bad writing, his presence had become hostile to a good percentage of Google's workforce. He's not going to be in a position to manage many female engineers after posting that. Personally, I wish Google could have condemned the memo and let HR handle it. Their reaction seemed over the top. Ah well, sometimes life isn't fair, even for white male engineers. :)