You can't "both sides" an issue like this Google. A politely worded letter stating that women should not be in tech is more violent than the most vitriolic retort.
There is no middle ground where one person is arguing that you should not exist.
🚨 a new lawsuit against Google. A former engineer claims he was fired for criticizing James Damore's memo and for posting politically ~liberal~ content https://www.wired.com/story/ex-google-…
https://twitter.com/nitashatiku/status/966458089112137728
Trying to maintain a status quo which is built on racism, misogyny and homophobia is only beneficial to those who hold those values.
There is no 'keeping politics out of tech' tech is not apolitical most of our job constructing models based off our own world view.
When you say 'keep politics out of tech', you mean 'your politics', you don't feel the existing politics of white supremacy and misogyny because you are so used to it you can't feel it anymore or you are actively contributing to and benefiting from it.
@ada
The tech industry is already dripping with politics, and libertarian-capitalism is reigning. This ideology promotes the mythical concept of "meritocracy" which is used excuse the marginalization of anyone who is not a 20-something cis-white hetero male, and actually leads to denial that it even does happen. It is also the ideology that had let to massive corporate centralization of the internet.
