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Google accused of making sexist, racist doodles

4 points by yeukhon 13y ago

Jugurtha 13y ago
Some people have too much free time and spend it looking for trouble. People critique there are few women in politics, power, tech and the military... Maybe there is a reason for this. It's not like all the special forces in the world have conspired to prevent women. I don't have what it takes to be a model, will I write a vitriol piece about the fashion industry not letting me in ? Hell no. That industry needs a specific profile and I don't fit it. The same way I can't get in elite military troops and I'm not going to be a crybaby about it. Though people are yielding to please "rights movements" and "equal opportunity" movements and force people who can't hack it there. Who's preventing women from starting a tech company ? Nobody. Why aren't there that many women in tech, programming, engineering, and all ? Maybe that's a good question to ask. If a certain demographic is absent from a certain field with no obstacles, it's useless to cry foul. Screw the sensitive troll with a glass ego. Next time we'll see people who can't code crying because they didn't get a job at Google. People crying because they don't know how to shoot and weren't accepted as elite sniper. Whaaaaaa
ddoolin 13y ago
"The group has put up an online petition to Google on Change.org to 'to be more diverse in its representation of the world's historical figures and commit to partnering with us as they go forward with that effort.' As part of this initiative, Spark Movement has compiled a list of women who deserve doodles, so that 'Google has to do less research.'" Commit to partnering? Why? Why not just publicize the list and be done with it?
zabuni 13y ago
Now that's a hyperbolic title. I guess, "Google does not include enough women, minorities in doodles, but is showing improvement recently" wouldn't get headlines. This is an activist group using a popular target to gain press for systemic problems. And they don't just want more doodles, they want access. From the petition: "That’s why we’re asking Google to be more diverse in their representation of the world’s historical figures and commit to partnering with us as they go forward with that effort." They want to partner with Google. The sad part is no one is disagreeing here. Google already has had more women of color on their homepage this year that in the previous 3 years combined. But here we have a petition that boils down to Google, do what you're doing, but get our stamp of approval.
- nailer 13y ago
  As you mention, they're after attention, like many similar groups. Just flag and move on.
- Jugurtha 13y ago
  Yeah.. That's like accusing History of neglecting women scientist and leaders and engineers and inventors. Well, the few women who've ever won a war, led a country, invented something or made a scientific break-through are well documented. Now if Google didn't have a Tesla, Gauss, Pasteur doodle, that would make me angry.

4 points by yeukhon 13y ago

Some people have too much free time and spend it looking for trouble. People critique there are few women in politics, power, tech and the military... Maybe there is a reason for this. It's not like all the special forces in the world have conspired to prevent women. I don't have what it takes to be a model, will I write a vitriol piece about the fashion industry not letting me in ? Hell no. That industry needs a specific profile and I don't fit it. The same way I can't get in elite military troops and I'm not going to be a crybaby about it. Though people are yielding to please "rights movements" and "equal opportunity" movements and force people who can't hack it there. Who's preventing women from starting a tech company ? Nobody. Why aren't there that many women in tech, programming, engineering, and all ? Maybe that's a good question to ask. If a certain demographic is absent from a certain field with no obstacles, it's useless to cry foul. Screw the sensitive troll with a glass ego. Next time we'll see people who can't code crying because they didn't get a job at Google. People crying because they don't know how to shoot and weren't accepted as elite sniper. Whaaaaaa

ddoolin 13y ago

"The group has put up an online petition to Google on Change.org to 'to be more diverse in its representation of the world's historical figures and commit to partnering with us as they go forward with that effort.' As part of this initiative, Spark Movement has compiled a list of women who deserve doodles, so that 'Google has to do less research.'" Commit to partnering? Why? Why not just publicize the list and be done with it?

zabuni 13y ago

Now that's a hyperbolic title. I guess, "Google does not include enough women, minorities in doodles, but is showing improvement recently" wouldn't get headlines. This is an activist group using a popular target to gain press for systemic problems. And they don't just want more doodles, they want access. From the petition: "That’s why we’re asking Google to be more diverse in their representation of the world’s historical figures and commit to partnering with us as they go forward with that effort." They want to partner with Google. The sad part is no one is disagreeing here. Google already has had more women of color on their homepage this year that in the previous 3 years combined. But here we have a petition that boils down to Google, do what you're doing, but get our stamp of approval.

nailer 13y ago
As you mention, they're after attention, like many similar groups. Just flag and move on.
Jugurtha 13y ago
Yeah.. That's like accusing History of neglecting women scientist and leaders and engineers and inventors. Well, the few women who've ever won a war, led a country, invented something or made a scientific break-through are well documented. Now if Google didn't have a Tesla, Gauss, Pasteur doodle, that would make me angry.