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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 headline
by 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 agoAs you mention, they're after attention, like many similar groups. Just flag and move on.
- Jugurtha 13y agoYeah.. 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.