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From the article: > Just a few months ago in June, Google, whose CEO Sundar Pichai has Indian roots, cancelled a talk on caste discrimination where Dalit right
by spinningarrow 4y ago
From the article:
> Just a few months ago in June, Google, whose CEO Sundar Pichai has Indian roots, cancelled a talk on caste discrimination where Dalit rights activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan was supposed to give a presentation. The talk was organised by Google employee Tanuja Gupta.
It’s not the opposite but probably what GP was referring to.
- mcv 4y agoIt's why I used the word "seems". It doesn't prove they're going the opposite direction, but it does give that impression. Hopefully Google is taking this issue more seriously.
- lambdasquirrel 4y agoA lot of racism is not explicit. Plausible deniability above all else.
- civilized 4y agoThey punished Tanuja Gupta for raising the issue, to the point where she resigned. https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/googles-caste-bias-problem https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/googles-caste-bias-pr... Google is taking the issue more seriously, but in an evil direction rather than a good one.
- throw_a_grenade 4y agoFor those who don't know how to recognise a caste from the name, does anyone have any idea which caste Google's CEO might represent? Can it even be definitely derived just from name?