CHARLES: A BLOCKBUSTER FROM THE
SILICON VALLEY.
JAMES DAMORE HAS FILED A CLASS
ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST GOOGLE
HE CLAIMS WOMEN ON AVERAGE HAVE
MORE EROTICISM AND GOOGLE SHOULD
HAVE DIVERSITY.
SOME ARE CALLING YOUR MEMO A
MANIFESTO.
SOME OF THE OBSERVATIONS YOU
MADE.
THEY HAVE A FEEL TOWARDS
AESTHETICS, RATHER THAN IDEAS.
ALSO NEUROTICISM AND HIGHER
ANXIETY AND SLOWER STRESS
ADVANCED AS FAR IN COMPANIES
LIKE GOOGLE.
WELCOMING FOR WOMEN.
PLACE FOR WOMEN.
CHARLES: WHY DID THEY JUST LOOK
AT THE ARGUMENT.
>> THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A
CHALLENGE TO ORTHODOXY SO THEY
SMEARED ME AND ANYONE THAT
SUPPORTED ME.
CHARLES: THERE IS NO DOUBT
SILICON VALLEYED THE LAST FEW
YEARS ADMITTED TO CHALLENGES
WHEN IT COMES TO BLACKS,
HISPANICS AND WOMEN.
WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY DIFFER
WITH THE ROOT CAUSES FROM YOUR
MEMO?
THEY ADMITTED THERE IS A HISTORY
THERE.
AND A HISTORY YOU BROUGHT UP.
SO IT'S SORT OF A UNIVERSAL
ADMISSION THAT SOMETHING IS
WRONG IN SILICON VALLEY.
THAT THERE HAS TO BE CHANGES.
AND THEY HAVE GIVEN IT A LOT OF
LIP SERVICE.
SO WHY SUCH ADVERSE REACTION TO
YOUR MEMO?
>> BECAUSE I OFFERED A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE THAN THE ORTHODOXY.
I SAID IT'S WELL ESTABLISHED
THAT'S WOMEN APPROACH THEIR
CAREERS DIFFERENTLY AND THAT
CAUSES DIFFERENT INTERESTS IN
ENGINEERING.
CHARLES: THAT'S A GENERAL
OBSERVATION.
WOMEN IN YOUR MIND ARE ON
AVERAGE HAVE AN OPEN AND
DIRECTED TOWARDS FEELINGS AND
AESTHETICS RATHER THAN IDEAS.
DOES THAT MEAN THEY ARE
DISQUALIFIED FOR THE UPPER ARER
ECHELONS OF THE -- THE UPPER
ECHE LONTS OF
ECHELOONTS OF
ECHELONSTS OF
ECHELONS O OF
ECHELONS OFOF
ECHELONS OF THE INDUSTRY?
>> NO.
ABOUT 20% OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
GRADUATES ARE WOMEN WHICH
MATCHES THE NUMBER OF WOMEN AT
GOOGLE.
COMPUTER SCIENCE APPEALS TO
PEOPLE IN GENERAL.
CHARLES: I THINK IT ARGUMENT IS
THE ABILITY TO CLIMB YOU HAVE
THE LADDER.
I KNOW WITH RESPECT TO THESE
COMPANIES, THEY ALSO ADMITTED
IT.
CONSERVATIVES AND WHITE MEN.
EXPLAIN THAT FOR US, PLEASE.
>> THERE IS CONTINUED HARASSMENT
AND CAREER SABOTAGE OF ANYONE
WHO EXPRESSES A CONSERVATIVE
AT GOOGLE.
IT'S REALLY HURTING GOOGLE'S
EMPLOYEES, AND EVERYONE THAT
USES GOOGLE'S PRODUCTS BECAUSE
IT SEEPS INTO THEIR PRODUCTS.
CHARLES: ON THAT NOTE, IS THAT A
REFLECTION OF THE PEOPLE WHO
WORK THERE?
WE HAVE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE FROM
FOREIGN COUNTRIES WHO WORK IN
SILICON VALLEY.
I READ NEARLY HALF THE
COUNTRIES.
ARE THEY BRINGING THEIR
PREJUDICE WITH THEM AGAINST
WHITE CONSERVATIVES AND DOES
THAT HURT PEOPLE'S CAREERS?
>> A LOT THE OF THE CRITICISM IS
FROM THE ACTIVISTS THAT ARE
BULLYING EVERYONE.
AGAINST CONSERVATIVES.
IF YOU LOOK AT INTERNAL POLLS AT
GOOGLE, ABOUT HALF AGREED WITH
MY DOCUMENT.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WOULD
SEE IF YOU ASKED PEOPLE OPENLY
BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH
SHAMING.
IF YOU EVER OPEN UP WITH CERTAIN
VIEWPOINTS YOUR CAREER WILL BE
SABOTAGED.
CHARLES: HERME, I READ THIS IS A
WORKERS JOINING JAMES?
>> LET ME SPEAK TO THAT,
CHARLES.
THE SITUATION WE JUST FILED THIS
LAWSUIT TODAY.
WE EXPECT OTHER PEOPLE TO JOIN
THE LAWSUIT.
SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE STORIES
TOLD IN THE LAWSUIT, THEIR NAMES
ARE NOT USED IN THE LAWSUIT
BECAUSE SOME OF THEM STILL WORK
SAT GOOGLE.
ONE OF THE MAIN ALLEGATIONS OF
THE LAWSUIT IS NOT ONLY A SMALL
CADRE OF EXTREME LEFTISTS
MANAGING GOOGLE NOT TOLERATING
VIEWPOINTS LIKE JAMES'S, BUT
THEY THREATEN PEOPLE WITH CAREER
SABOTAGE.
THEY HAVE MAINTAINED BLACK LISTS
AND THEY ALSO THREATENED JAMES
AND OTHERS WITH CAREER
TERMINATION AND SAY THEY WILL
MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET JOBS IN
SILICON VALLEY AT ALL.
SO WITH THAT KIND OF FAMS, JAMES
HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO FILE THIS
CHARLES: I SHOULD LET EVERYONE