A story that is unbelievable, if confirmed. We are in 2022 and we are still hearing about prejudices against people with different skin colors. What is even more disturbing when there is at the center of the story Google, one of the largest and most important companies in the world. The behemoth is accused of systematic racial prejudice against black employees. The lawsuit, filed in the San Jose federal court, claims that Google gives a lower-level job to employees of color.
According to authoritative sources, Google has been accused of systematic racial prejudice against black employees
The sources that they told Reuters claim that Google carries a "racist corporate cultureInstead of promoting a culture of equality. Black employees represent only the 4.4% of employees but among managers and technical specialists their share is as much as 3%. The lead actor making the allegations, April Curley, also claims that black employees are surrounded by a hostile work environment. In particular, security guards on the Mountain View, California campus often require them to show their ID or ask them questions.
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Curley was hired by Google in 2014 to develop outreach materials for educational institutions historically neri. According to her, hiring her turned out to be a "marketing strategy". Indeed, she says, executives have started denigrate his work soon after, stereotyping her as an "angry" black woman and hindering her promotion. In 2020, Curley was fired after she and her colleagues began working on a list of reforms to submit to Google.
You are counting on the reimbursement of "underpaid" salaries and of Moral damages to current and former black employees of Google, as well as their reintegration into suitable positions. The lawyer of Kerley, by the way, is Ben Crump, who previously represented the family of George floyd, killed in May 2020 by former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin.
